Power of the Spirit

Romans 8:26-27 says, “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.”

Last Tuesday, January 16, Kevin Campbell, Brian Witham, and I sat in Kevin’s living room faced with a calling. This calling was something that God had been laying on our hearts for a while and we knew it was time to act on it! We decided that from then on, in everything we do, we need to first set up the foundations of prayer. In the moments that followed, we began to plan out the service that you experienced last night… and up until last night, the excitement within me to carry out this calling was hard to contain. As the night began, I realized that the only line of communication I had with God was missing. It was sort-of like the feeling you have when the only person you can count on in a time of crisis doesn’t pick up the phone…desperate! This time however, I knew the problem was on my end of the line; it was not his end that was missing the dial tone! Every word that left my mouth felt as though it had hit the ceiling and died. Now, Satan had become a bigger focus to me than God, and he was conquering me every step I made as I traveled to the destination of prayer picked for my team. Then it hit me…Romans 8:26-27. I knew that even when I couldn’t find the right words, inside of me lived the spirit of the God I cried out to. Whenever my connection to God is weakened by my SIN, or whenever my words become a threat to Satan’s plan, the Holy Spirit will intercede for me- this turned my whole night upside down (lets face it, His words were much better than mine, and he knew my heart and the will for my campus all at the same time)! I am pretty sure that the Holy Spirit might have a few steps up on me!
So to God: I thank you for the gift of your spirit! To everyone that was apart of last night: I thank you for your willingness to gather together with one voice! And to Satan: Ha-ha, MY GOD REIGNS FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER! You might believe you won a battle in my life…but I hate to break it to you, my God wins the war!!

From me to you,
Christopher Reynolds