Romans 8:26, The Spirit’s Intercession for Us

Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:for we know not what we should pray for as we ought:but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

The Apostle Paul reveals that the Holy Spirit comes to our aid in our spiritual weaknesses. Often, we know not what we should pray. The blessed Spirit helps us by interceding for us with deep inarticulate pleadings on our behalf. This support is consistent, continuous and constructive that we may be built up spiritually. We cannot fully fathom the inner work of the Holy Spirit but realize we are not struggling alone in our spiritual weaknesses.

The Holy Spirit sustains us by His divine presence helping us overcome sin, the flesh, and the world. As the old saying goes, “If you have the Holy Spirit on the inside, you can stand any kind of battle on the outside…The human spirit fails unless the Holy Spirit fills.”

We are not left alone to fend for ourselves. When the Holy Spirit begins to indwell the believer at the new birth, it will do so until we are presented before God perfected at Christ’s coming. This is the promise that Jude writes for our encouragement during those time of our despair when we struggle to obey God’s will, staggering in our prayer life, the Holy Spirit is there to sustain us – Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.