Tuesday, August 27, 2024
WORDLESS PRAYERS
Rom 8:24-26
24 For we are
saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why
doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope
for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
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.
I awoke this
morning very early with a cyclone of random and troubling thoughts. This is more normal
for me than uncommon. I generally take it as a prompting from God to meet with
him in prayer and meditation. Often that is better than sleep. However, when
this happens, I can seldom express myself with words. That is when the Spirit
grabs the other end of my burden.
The word “helpeth” in the Greek is sunantilambanomai which means “to take hold of together; to
co-operate; to assist.” I find that much more expressive, and I am encouraged by
remembering the words of the Psalmist.
Ps 121:3-4
3 He will not
suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that
keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The Hebrew word for “keepeth” is
shamar and means “to hedge
about with thorns.” It commonly is used to refer to one on guard duty. My God
never sleeps on guard duty so, when I awake sleepy-eyed, He is fully awake,
alert, and aware of my thoughts.
Subtle desires which have not
yet reached complete thoughts are carried to the throne room of heaven by the
Holy Spirit along with their interpretation. In fact our inward groans are
given a language and becomes a prayer which God fully understands.
Ps 55:1-2
55 Give ear to my
prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2 Attend unto me,
and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
Dear Lord, help those of us who cannot find adequate language to express
ourselves. Please carry those incomplete and inadequate prayers to the Father.
AMEN
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