圣灵的工作
罗马书八章14至16节，26至27节
14因为凡被神的灵引导的，都是神的儿子。
15你们所受的不是奴仆的心，仍旧害怕；所受的乃是儿子的心，因此我们呼叫：“阿爸，父！”
16圣灵与我们的心同证我们是神的儿女；
26况且，我们的软弱有圣灵帮助，我们本不晓得当怎样祷告，只是圣灵亲自用说不出来的叹息替我们祷告。
27鉴察人心的，晓得圣灵的意思，因为圣灵照着神的旨意替圣徒祈求。
信息分享
今天的经文详列了祂的工作。第14节指出，圣灵会引导我们。16节告诉我们，圣灵印证我们是神的儿女。第26节指出，我们的软弱会得到圣灵的帮助。我们常常不懂得应该怎样祷告，这些时候，我们像小孩子一样，急于讲出自己的困难，却苦于找不到合适的词语。其他人可能不理解小孩子的困扰，但母亲却明白孩子的心意。圣灵岂不是这样了解我们，替我们祈求吗？
神对我们的看顾是何等无微不至！在我们属灵生命的成长旅程中，我们的祷告生活往往是最软弱的一环；但神却预备了圣灵来随时帮助我们。
你有这样的困难，不晓得祷告要说甚么或如何表达吗？你是否常常都难以确定神的旨意？有些时候，我们甚至不自觉内心的需要。怎么办呢？有谁明白我们呢？圣灵可以。而且，祂还住在我们内心，随时满足我们的缺欠。
那么，我们要做些甚么呢？我们只要真诚祈祷，向神坦诚我们的需要，并信靠圣灵会替我们作余下的工作。圣灵会将我们那些贫乏的言辞、我们的愿望，甚至我们的疑惑，带到父神的面前。祂亲自替我们祷告（26节）。试想想，三位一体神的圣灵，向圣父谈及我们每个人。我们还需要甚么呢？父神爱我们；耶稣基督为我们受死；圣灵住在我们心里。我们还能说甚么呢？只能够说：「感谢神赐给我们完备的救恩。我们的需要，你全都想到了。求你赐我一颗感恩之心，称谢你为我所做的一切。」
牢记经文：「我们的软弱有圣灵帮助。」（罗八26）
WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES?
Romans 8: 14-16 & 26-27
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us[b] with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Message
Notice all that He does according to our reading. In verse 14 we are led by the spirit. In verse 16 He assures us we are God's children. In verse 26 He helps us in our weakness regarding our praying. Often we do not know how to pray as we should. We are sometimes like a child who struggles to express himself but can't find the right words or sound. Often the child's mother can understand when no one else can. Is that what the Holy Spirit does for us?
What a wonderful provision and protection for us! Our prayer life is often the weakest part of our spiritual pilgrimage. But here we are told that the Holy Spirit is waiting to help us.
Do you sometimes have problems in praying and in knowing what to say or how to say it? Are you often uncertain about the will of God? Sometimes we are not even aware of our own deep needs. What is the answer? Who knows all these things? The Holy Spirit does. And He is our resident Divine Workman in our hearts to meet our deficiencies.
What do we have to do? Pray in our own way, confessing our needs, and trust Him to do the rest. He will take our poor words, our desires, even our doubts, sort them all out, and will present them to the Father. He does this Himself (v.26). Think of it, within the Eternal Trinity, the Holy Spirit talks to the Father about each of us. What more do we need? God the Father loves us. Jesus Christ died for us. The Holy Spirit lives within us. What can we say? “Thank you, God for our wonderfully complete salvation. You have thought of everything we might ever need. Help me to be more grateful than ever for all you have done.”
A VERSE FOR TODAY: “The Spirit helps us in our weakness.” (Romans 8:26)