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When You Don’t Know How to Pray

We don’t know what we should pray, but the Spirit itself pleads our case with unexpressed groans.

—Romans 8:26

Our instincts are heightened, our thoughts are somewhat vaguely tuned in to someone we love or something that we just can’t put our fingers on, and yet we have a feeling we should stop everything and pray. But for what, or for whom?

When the Holy Spirit nudges you to pray with some insistence, it’s good to listen. You may come to the Lord with a vague awareness that you were meant to pray only to discover that you still don’t know exactly what brought you to your knees. All you know now is that you haven’t hit on whatever it was and so you wait, hoping it will come to you.

The good news is that your obedience is all that was needed. The Spirit has directed it so that your heart and God’s will are aligned. You have served as a prayer warrior for someone out in the world.

John Calvin wrote, “God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us.” We are blessed with a freedom to address our God at any time. We can put all things in front of him because he cares so much about us. Prayer is one of your best habits.

Always be ready to pray when the Spirit urges you.

QUIET THE WAVES

Lord, I thank you for hearing me and accepting my most humble prayers. Thanks for all your blessings to me. Amen.