Friday | 29 March 2024
The privilege of prayer

The Father declares to us, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!’ Psa 46:10. Instead of constantly petitioning the Lord for answers in relation to our fear‑driven needs, we must heed this direction from God as we engage in the fellowship of prayer.

Prayer joins us to the travail of the Holy Spirit. He is travailing to bring forth the sonship defined for us in the seed of the Father that has been sown by Christ in our hearts. The apostle Paul rejoiced that ‘the Spirit helps in our 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’. Rom 8:26. The Spirit is the life of the seed that is germinated in our hearts, causing us to be born of God. 1Pe 1:22-23.

The travail of the Spirit births us each day into the service of priesthood. Our service is to do the works that belong to our name. We must let the active travail of the Spirit do its work in our hearts as we travail together in prayer, praying in the Spirit. He then enables our obedience each day.

The fellowship of prayer, with the travail of the Spirit, is to bring us forth into the new creation, which is the body of Christ. In Him, all of our works have already been accomplished. Isa 26:12. We are then joined by the Spirit to our works, which Christ has already accomplished for us in time and for eternity. 1Co 12:11. Faith is connected to our works. Jas 2:18. Faith is expressed as active obedience to the word that defines our works. This way of living and serving is freely chosen, for it is the freedom of the sons of God.


Further Study:
ROMANS 8
Daily Proverb:

References:
Psa 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth!

Rom 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helps in our 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.

1Pe 1:22-23
Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.

Isa 26:12
LORD, You will establish peace for us, since You have also performed for us all our works.

1Co 12:11
But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

Jas 2:18
But someone may well say, ‘You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.’
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