Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as a helper, a comforter, and an advocate who will come and abide within us, aiding us to traverse the pitfalls and obstacles of this life as well as interceding on our behalf throughout this life (John 14). In reality, the Holy Spirit is the indwelling of God into the lives (heart, body, mind, soul) of His children.
The Holy Spirit is the perfect guide and voice of wisdom to believers that helps us to discern right paths, make right choices, and follow through when the time is right. But, much like the Holy Spirit seals guarantees believers (Eph. 1:13-14; 2 Cor. 1:21-22), the Holy Spirit has a number of specific tasks in the lives of Christians.
One of the tasks that the Holy Spirit performs is interceding in prayer at the behest of believers. Only rarely do we, as finite and fallible creatures, truly understand and know what we need or what is best for us, particularly when we are weak under the weight of life. It is in this that we rely on the Holy Sprit to intercede for us, praying for us that which, for whatever reason, we are incapable of (Rom. 8:26-27, 34-35).
The issue here is a matter of recognition and reliance. When we recognize our inabilities and shortcomings, it should prompt us to rely on the Lord. Under strain and in duress, when our discernment can be clouded or our vision hazy, the Holy Spirit not only keeps our paths true, but also intercedes for us. This causes believers to more fully rely on the Lord to comfort, heal, strengthen, etc.
Intercession, in this sense, could be referred to as a direct conduit that channels our specific needs to God, who fulfills. Often times we do not realize or know that this communication is happening because so rarely our we truly in tune with the depths of ourselves. But God is. He, through the Holy Spirit, is thoroughly entrenched in the mire that sloshes in our deepest parts. He communicates our most dire and desperate needs to God because He is God. Remember: One God, three distinct persons.
That God would so love and care for us that He would indwell within us is a marvelous propositional truth. When we become believers, the Paraclete, enters into us and advocates before the Father and for our growth and devotion. This is a beautiful and mysterious thing and we should rejoice that the Almighty Lord Himself would not only save us on the cross through Jesus, but would walk within us and care for us directly through the Holy Spirit.
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