Mentioned briefly in the last post was, praying with the help of God’s Holy Spirit. It’s a place and time where words are insufficient. The depth of our cries are too deep to even voice, nor do they make any sense to our understanding.
The Spirit of God, takes hold with our spirit and the utterance is unintelligible to the natural mind.
A voice from the Fathers Holy Spirit within, connects to the spirit and soul, joining with our five physical senses and connects to the physical world around us. Prayer is initiated and the cry of the heart is birthed.
Romans 8:26 declares…
“In like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit Himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;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.”At the same time the statement seems to be very clear and definite; and an explanation has been given that the Holy Spirit is here referred to as, dwelling in us, and is making the intercession.The Divine Spirit is said to be a Spirit of supplication. Zechariah 12:10
If Jesus/Yeshua dwells in believers by His Spirit, His intercession, especially if subjective in and with their spirits, may properly be described as the intercession of the Holy Spirit/Ruach haKodesh.Heart cries from the innermost being erupt without words.and tears bring forth life.
When women wail – mourning, which as the scriptures suggest can also be a type of intercession combined with unconsolable grief.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4),
Ps 30:10-12. Thou hast turned my wailing into joy to me.This is also true for men.
As Yeshua/Jesus Himself recorded in Hebrews 5:7.Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
We remember also the night of prayer in the Garden!If we haven’t experienced the power of Holy Spirit inspired intercession, then it’s something we should be sure to ask the Lord for.It is ignited by the pure fire of heavens Mercy and Grace and His long reach, amongst other things, enabling us to snatch souls from the flames lapping at the ankles of the lost. Jude 1:23 There is a cry from the heart when words cannot suffice.For the pain, the grief, the sadness, the hopelessness, there are no words adequate to describe such acute experiences and the emotions that accompany the many extreme circumstances in our lives.Trauma, tragedy, loss, or death of a loved one.Violation of home, person, privacy. The crises are endless, too long to list. Please know that not mentioning these crushing experiences and emotions individually, is not negating their equal importance.In such times, the cry, the lament, the voice of our heart in its brokenness, becomes a wail, ascending to the father’s throne in hopes of piercing the heavens.Intercession, prayer, supplication, all beseech the Lord of mercies, rachamim, to uphold us.They implore the God of all comfort to enfold us in His unconditional love…and He does..ALWAYS.
For weeping may endure for a night but joy always comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5
In truth, God does not ‘have’ mercy. Psalm 136; Daniel 9:9; Lamentations 3:22: to the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness. In the original Hebrew it says, ‘to the Lord belong mercies’.The Hebrew word rachamim, is plural when a word has ‘im’ at the end, it indicates that it is more than one. So it’s meaning is not ‘mercy’, as it is not a singular noun. It means ‘mercies’, and it is far more than mercy.
For it’s so great, so strong and so deep, that it cannot be contained in one single word.
In the word rachamim, it means that His mercy has no end and that we can never exhaust His mercies. The scripture says the Holy Spirit takes hold together with us in groanings that cannot be uttered.
And so we wail.
The load we think was meant to crush us, is given wings, as the cries it engenders, lifts the spirit to the healer of all. The lifter of all of our burdens, and the answer to our wailing cries has brought us…
The following was shared by a MMM family member, he wrote this decades ago but it is as pertinent today as when it was first penned and just as timely.
INNER SEED
What mortal knows
The effects of the cries
The effects of the sighs
When women wail
What mortal knows
How heaven shakes
Or the course the future takes
When women wail
What mortal knows
Which hunger is fed
Which broken body
Rises from the bed
When women wail
What mortal knows
The obstacles removed
The pathways approved
The spirits moved
When women wail
What mortal knows
The pain relieved
or the Holy Spirit received
When women wail
What mortal knows
The bondage brokenThe word newly spoken
When women wail
What mortal knows
The death of doubt
The new creation throughout
When women wail
What mortal knows
The failing strength regained
Precious victories retained
Ended backsliding
The Holy Spirit again residing
When women wail
What mortal knows
Of the prosperous returns
To christian business concerns
When women wail
What mortal knows
The strength of deed
Answering the need
All the fruit of those who intercede
When women wail
What mortal knows
And our God shows
To each who sows
With that which flows
From their lips as cries and woesYes, to those our God shows
A vision of the one who rose.
by L.C.
To God be the Glory!We are also encouraged to be as little children.
The innocent trusting for the total provision by our Heavenly Father to our lives.
Simple observations are often the most profound and this week, a five year old declared succinctly and straight to the point!
Do you know why your heart beeps?It beeps because God wants to talk to you.You need to be still and quiet so you can hear Him.If you want to talk back to Him then you need to pray.
Wise and sweet words from 5 year old C H H.
The only conclusion to be drawn from this statement is that if you are alive, that means your heart is beeping, so it’s time to pray!
How many beeps in a lifetime?
According to one source…
According to the observation of our precious 5 year old that’s 2,575,440,000Beeps because God wants to talk to you!
How many of them did we hear and how many of them have we answered?
He is NEVER too busy to listen.
Hineni – Here am I
Please don’t leave this site without knowing you are saved and being assured that you belong to Him; with a deep conviction that you know where you will go, when your body can no longer sustain you in this realm and your heart has made its last beep!
Make certain Jesus is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.
Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.
NOT SURE?
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’ name. Amen.