“He helps us in our weakness …” (Romans 8:26)
I can hear him now: “O Lord, I am so weak. I am so pitiful, Lord. How you can ever use a nothing like me is beyond me, Lord. I’m so ignorant, so fearful, such a sinner.”
I was soon tired of his praying and all I was doing was listening. I wondered how the Lord felt about it.
I think I know.
He takes it in stride. He knew from the beginning who we were. Nothing about us surprises Him.
God’s word says, “It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps” (Jeremiah 10:23).
We keep getting surprised on discovering it.
Quit groveling in your self-pity, friend. So you have these weaknesses, these areas that throw you for a loop. The Father does not cast you away. In fact, He took all this into His planning from the beginning.
It’s not about you. Keep saying that to yourself until it takes root.
1) He knows our weakness.
Psalm 103:14: “He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.” He is under no illusions about you.
2) He takes our weaknesses in stride.
He is not puzzled, does not panic, and neither does He cast us away.
“He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness’” (2 Corinthians 12:9).
It’s like He knew this from the beginning and made plans for dealing with our weaknesses.
3) He helps us in our weakness.
“In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness” (Romans 8:26. “Helps” is synantilambanomai in the Greek: “together”; “with us”; He “gets on the other side” and “lifts with us.”
