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Hi All

The tragedy of the Christchurch Earthquake evokes many emotions. When one sees the scale both of the physical and emotional devastation it is very easy to cry out “I don’t know what to do”. How does one respond, we can and many will give financially, others who are able to help physically like the Student Army, others can provide emotional support. For those of us who are at a physical distance we can pray, and I believe God is calling us to prayer, it is time to get down on our knees and cry out not only for Christchurch but for our nation. How do we pray, what can we pray, where do we begin, all valid questions? Paul reminds us in this section of Romans 8 that while we are weak, the Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses, he groans and intercedes for us. Hopefully this poem/meditation will help. The other thing I would say is that we have two ears, and one mouth, take time to quieten yourself, wait on God, and he will enable and show you his will

Romans 8 vs. 26 -31  – God who is actively at work in our lives

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray

For as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words,

We struggle to express our thoughts and concerns, yet God knows what we say

His Spirit is our helper, interpreting our thoughts; he ensures that by God we are heard

We are weak, it is not by power or by might, but by the Spirit we can make headway

We are called to seek first the Kingdom of God, as we do God to us will keep his word

We are called not to worry, yet we do, we fret, we delay, God calls come to me, pray!

As we do we can know this, the Spirit intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words

And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints

According to the will of God, and we know that for those who love God all things work together for good 

The Spirit is in sync with, and knows God, he stands in the gap for us, and he neither gets weary nor is faint

He constantly intercedes for us, understanding where we are at, yet knowing Gods’ will which is for good

Yet there are times when we face difficulty, when life is a struggle, we shout to God, good you ain’t

Yet God says to us I order your steps, I delight in you, my ways are greater, I am not a God made of wood

I hear, I see, indeed it is I who carries you, in trials you build character, and become a stronger saint

For my purpose is to bring you into completion, those who love me, all things work together for God

For those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined

To be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

I am the God who shapes you, I am the potter, and you are the clay, do not become world conditioned

I have plans for you to give you a future and a hope, do not lose sight of me, I am your heavenly father

I desire that you be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind

For you are mine and I desire that you are shaped to become the firstborn among many brothers

And those whom he predestined He also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom

He justified He also glorified, what then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

For greater is he, than he who is in the world, o death where is your sting? God knows us from before the womb

He will not let our foot slip, he protects us by his righteous right hand, calms the storms, stops the runaway bus

Who is like him, no one! He alone has the words of eternal life, he will hold us, our enemies he will consume

Trust in the Lord your God; he will bring the good work begun in you to completion on the day of Christ Jesus.

Mark Maffey, October 2007 ©

 

 (ESV)

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