Once, when my father was hospitalized, I remember driving as fast as I could to the hospital to see him because his condition was deteriorating rapidly. I was just sobbing in my car on the way there. I didn’t know what to pray. So I just cried and prayed in tongues, groaning in my spirit.
I believe that at that very low point, the Holy Spirit was helping me in my 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.”
The events that soon unfolded in the hospital convinced me that just a groan or sigh will reach the throne of our Abba Father.
I managed to reach the hospital just in time to clasp my father’s hand before he was wheeled in for surgery. The surgeons came out of the operating theatre some time later to inform my mother that they didn’t need to do anything after they had opened him up because they discovered that “surgery” had already been done on him!
Surprised, my mother answered, “He has never been operated on. I am his wife. I should know.” Not convinced, the surgeons told my father when he regained consciousness, “We opened you up and found that surgery had already been done. Whoever did it did a perfect work.”
Equally surprised, my dad told them, “I have never had surgery done on me.”
“No, you have!” the surgeons insisted.
As my parents and the doctors continued arguing, I found myself thinking, “My goodness, I didn’t even pray for a miracle on my way to the hospital. Yet, a miracle has just happened!”
My friend, when we who are God’s children groan as we pray in the Spirit, the Holy Spirit makes intercession for us with groanings which will reach the throne of our Abba Father, and cause Him to move powerfully on our behalf!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
There's a lot of groaning going on in Romans 8. It talks about us groaning while we wait for Christ's return and us groaning for the grace that will soon be revealed to us. And the groaning while we wait for the redemption of our bodies. Even knowing that the Lord's work is finished, we still wait for it's manifestation in our world and in our lives. While we wait, we have to deal with the fallen state of our circumstances. While waiting we continually ask our Father for patience and assistance and blessings. We don't always ask out loud and sometimes we don't always even ask. Sometimes we just expect everything will be OK. That's because, also in Romans 8 it says "We know that all things work together for good for those who love God". Paul goes on to tell the Romans that they are more than conquerors and that the Lord will always make intercession for them. There is so much to behold in this book of the Bible, you really should know it by heart. Today, ask your heavenly Father to teach you how much these things mean and what wonderful news the finished work of His Son really is. The Good News!
