“We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him.” (Romans 8:28)

There’s no misunderstanding on God’s part when we talk with Him. He’s never confused, because He knows our hearts better than we do. The Spirit both searches our hearts and understands God’s will. Paul told the churches in Rome that God promises He’ll accomplish His good purpose of maturing us and making us more like His Son. Even when because of “our weakness” we don’t know what we need in order to grow, the Spirit prays according to God’s will for us.

Troubled about how to express yourself to God? Not understanding what or how to pray? Say what you can from the heart. The Spirit will understand and accomplish God’s purpose.

Daily Questions

1. What’s on your mind right now that you should share with God?
2. How are you encouraged by the truth that He knows and understands what you’re facing?

Daily Thoughts

Thank You, God, that You know our hearts. We love You for that and many other reasons. Help us to express our thoughts to You and to trust You to understand.

Romans 8: 26-30

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 through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

Bonus Information

The book of Romans was written by Paul to the believers in Christ in Rome most likely during his third missionary journey. He wrote this letter while in Corinth for a short while before heading to Jerusalem to deliver the offerings gathered by the churches of Asia to help the needy church in Jerusalem. Paul hadn’t planted the church in Rome, nor had he ever met its members, but he’d heard of their faith, which was “being reported all over the world”. Therefore, Paul longed to visit to encourage and help make them strong in their faith. Thus we have this wonderful explanation of the gospel; “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew then to the Gentile.”