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.
This verse is a conclusion to verse 26, dealing with the believer’s inadequacy in praying in the will of God.
27 Now He who searches the hearts
The “He” here is the Father. The Father searches our heart and knows the mind of the Spirit in this regard. We cannot fool God; He can search the inner recesses of our soul:
1 Sa 16:7, But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Ps 44:21, Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
Ps 139:1-2, 23, O Lord, You have searched me and known me.2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off… 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;
knows what the mind of the Spirit is,
The Father knows astutely the mind of the Spirit. Verse six referred to “the mind of the Spirit.” The prayer of the Spirit is always answered and never in doubt. God does not always answer the prayer of the believer, because his prayer is often faulty in terms of God’s will.
because He makes intercession for the saints
Although the Spirit’s words are not expressed to the Father, the Father knows the Spirit’s thoughts.
In the Greek, the definite article “the” does not appear before the word “saints,” and this gives a quality to the word. The point is that the Spirit does not pray for saints as a group but because of their quality of being saints. No matter how humble the saint, he or she has quality in God’s eyes.
according to the will of God.
The Holy Spirit always prays according to God’s will or with what agrees with God’s standards. This is God’s will at the level of the Spirit’s consideration; God does not always respond to the believer’s prayer because he does not always know God’s will about his prayer. Sometimes God gives a different answer to our petition. If He does, the answered prayer is always in “the will of God.”
PRINCIPLE:
The Holy Spirit compensates for the believer’s ignorance of the will of God in prayer.
APPLICATION:
The Holy Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the Father’s will. No matter how dissatisfied we are with our prayer life, we can take comfort in the idea that the Spirit makes up for our lack of proper content in our prayers. The Lord Jesus intercedes for us in heaven and the Holy Spirit intercedes for us by His indwelling presence. There are two kinds of intercession available to the believer:
The intercession of Christ on our behalf (He 7:25).
The intercession of the Holy Spirit (Ro 8:26,27)
God does not always answer the prayer of the believer. For example, He did not answer Paul when he prayed three times about removing his thorn in his flesh (2 Co 12:7-10). However, God always answers the Spirit’s intercession on our behalf because He always prays according to God’s standards or will. Christians should take courage that God’s will is fulfilled regardless of our failure to pray properly. If the deepest longing of our heart is to do the will of God in our prayer, the Spirit will meet us in that prayer.
Then does this help explain that praying to Saints helps intercede through God?
Bryan, the Bible nowhere asserts that we are to pray to a saint. There is only one mediator between God and man (1 Ti 1:15).
If God knows his will for me and the spirit and Jesus are praying for me then why am I still a wreck it seems that God will would have been implemented in my life I struggle too much I need an answer to this I pray all the time for God’s will in my life do I not mean that why don’t I see results in my life
Danny, Thanks for your comment. Your question is too involved to answer in a short blog because it involves an extensive knowledge of what you are going through and that there are many other avenues for you than prayer alone. I suggestion that if you cannot afford counseling that you go to a local pastor especially one that has been training in counseling. I am praying for you.
Grant, this is a different topic but i just want to ask you this. Should we tithe?
Troy, Here is a general study on biblical giving: https://versebyversecommentary.com/articles/doctrine/biblical-giving/
Regarding the tithe: THE TITHE AND THE LAW OF MOSES
Three compulsory tithes (taxes) were strictly under the Mosaic law
First tithe = Le 27:30-33 – The Lord’s tithe because it was given to the Levites
Second tithe = Dt 14:22-27 – Festival tithe
Third tithe = Dt 14:28-29 – taken every three years
If a person is consistent in giving tithes, then they should give 20% for 2 years then add another 10% the third year. In other words, if a person is to give tithes then they are to give an average of 23 and 1/3% per year over three years.
The tithe is important to sustain the national entity of Israel. God designed Israel as a national theocracy and related to it primarily as a national entity. The Levites depended on the national tax to sustain them.
It is important to distinguish between the national state of Israel and the organism of the church. These two entities are not the same in either in character or destiny. The way God related to people under Israel was by the law; it was their rule of life. It was fundamentally a merit-system. Life in the church is grace-oriented (Jn 1:16-17; Ro 6:14; 11:6; Ga 3:19-25; Eph 2:15).
I am like Charles Spurgeon,” l believe giving goes beyond tithing.
Jimmy, that would be more than 33 and 1/3% per year.
Danny. We still have free will. The fact that you struggle with sin, IS the proof that the Holy Spirit is interceding in your life. If you did not have the Holy Spirit, you would not be experiencing any spiritual warfare. If you did not have the Holy Spirit, you would be comfortable in your sin. So take heart knowing that this warfare is a result of the Holy Spirit on your heart. Continue to pray and develop your relationship with God. We will always fall short of his glory, but Jesus died on that cross so we don’t have to.