Prayer is always the
first thing you should do as there is nothing that can substitute for
prayer. Simple heartfelt communication with God is the most important key in
knowing God’s will in your life. When it seems like all of Hell is against you
and there is nobody to help, you must pray like you have never prayed before.
James 1:5-7 “5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask
of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be
given him.6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that
wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing
of the Lord.”
THE HOLY SPIRIT PRAY
FOR US
God has given us the privilege to talk with Him.
The best way to talk with God is prayer.
The best way to pray is, to pray for God’s will to be revealed
in our life.
Jesus tells us to pray but say “Thy will be done.”
If you pray only after your own desires, you are in a wrong way.
You must be willing to accept God’s will over your own. Then, God will reveal
His plan for you. He knows very well what is the best for us.
The Bible tells us to pray in the Spirit. If so, the Spirit
will pray for us. The Bible says that the Holy Spirit pray for all who received
and have Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.
The Bible -
“Likewise the Spirit also helps our weaknesses. For we do not know
what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit Himself makes intercession
for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” (Romans 8:26)
“And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of
the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will
of God.” (Rom 8:27)
“The Spirit intercedes on our behalf, but God is really moved
through the power of intercessory prayer. When your brothers and sisters join
with you to pray for God’s will in your life, it multiplies the power of that
prayer.” (Col 4:12)
12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth
you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect
and complete in all the will of God.” (Col 1:9)
9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not
cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge
of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
When Paul
observed the church at Colossae, he saw their faith, he saw their love and
their hope, yet he noted that they lacked in knowledge of what to do and how to
move on in Christ. They were different than the church at Corinth who had a lot
of talent and were enriched with knowledge. So Paul began to pray this prayer
for them because he knew that ignorance of God’s will is a constant source of
error and heartache.
If your mind is not full of God’s will it could be that it is
full of things not of God, it could be that there are empty places in your mind
that would invite Satan to come and fill. Colossae would go through much
tribulation without the knowledge of God’s will in their minds, whether it be
by their own thinking or by the attack of the enemy, Paul understood that he
had to do something about this. He could not stay with them forever, so he did
what he could; He prayed, and he invited others to pray with him! God is moved
by intercessory prayer! When you find yourself surrounded on every side by the enemy,
don’t hesitate to ask those who really love you to pray for the knowledge of
God’s will in your life. God will reveal it to you.
It is one
thing to have full knowledge of God’s will and another to be filled with
knowledge. The scripture gives us knowledge of God’s will in a corporate
fashion. We know what the will of God is for every man and woman. The scripture
also states that God is able to do more than we can even think, therefore His
will involves more than our minds can comprehend. Our finite minds cannot
handle the full knowledge of God’s will, only God knows that. Still, God can
fill our minds with enough knowledge of His will to do what He specifically
desires each of us to do. Through intercessory prayer God can fill your mind
with those specific tasks that He has called and enabled you to perform. I
encourage you to find those men and women in your life who have your best interests
at heart. Join together with them in intercession for God to saturate your mind
with the knowledge of His perfect will.
