Okay. What if we considered this verse in this way: Trouble. Shall we allow happenings and circumstances to cause us to doubt, cause us to pull away from KNOWING we are loved by GOD, always? Distress. Shall we allow distress over the lack of a desired parking space, or a complete mix-up of our food order, pull us away from praising/fellowshipping with the LORD? Persecution. Shall we allow the loss of a job or a deserved promotion to bring us to doubt His love and provisions for us? Famine. Shall we allow being hungry to cause us to become hangry? Nakedness. Shall we allow the lack of funds to buy that much-desired new outfit to inject feelings in us that we must be a red-haired stepchild to GOD this week? Danger. Shall we allow being afraid, being in a dark, unfamiliar, precarious place or circumstance to incite fear, disbelief, and panic in us? Sword. Shall we allow the threat of death by cancer, a blood disorder, or any other horrific happening to cause us to turn our faces from the ONE who provides us with hope and eternal life?
Shall we now compare these aforementioned Western-Life Experiences to the life the Apostle Paul was experiencing when he penned these words?
I’m just telling you what came. It’s not any easier for me to digest than it is for you.
Today’s picture verse precedes the verse many of us know and can even quote. Yes, all things work together for good to those . . . . You know the rest, right?
I noticed again today, for the first time, something in verse 27. The Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of GOD. It is the will of The Father for GOD The Holy Spirit to intercede for the saints. And who are the saints? In the King James Version of the Bible, there are not less than 95 references to saints. Here is one: Psalm 37:28For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. Saints. We who have fled to GOD for salvation, we abiding in Him, it is for us Holy Spirit intercedes.
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