Gloria Copeland — Listen to the Spirit Part 2
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We know the beginning and the end of God’s plan for earth. We have to learn the “how to” from the Spirit of God. We have to learn to walk in the spirit one step at a time, just like we learned to walk in the natural. When we spend time praying in the spirit, we give the Holy Spirit opportunity to pray the perfect will of God for our lives.
We may not have any idea what the perfect will of God is and therefore cannot pray effectively with our understanding. But the Holy Spirit knows exactly what to pray in order to get God’s will done in our lives.
And in like manner also the Spirit lends us a helping hand with reference to our weakness, for the particular thing that we should pray for according to what is necessary in the nature of the case, we do not know with an absolute knowledge (Romans 8:26, wuest).
The Holy Spirit gives us utterance that is founded on absolute knowledge. He goes right to the root of the problem.
And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will (Romans 8:27, amp).
With our limited understanding of spiritual things, often we only know the result of something wrong in our lives. The best way to explain this is with an example: You might be asking God to heal your body.
You think sickness is the problem, when sometimes it is a result of something more serious. The Holy Spirit may be prompting you in your spirit, saying, You should forgive your sister-in-law. But you pay no
attention to that prompting because the sickness in your body is so important, and your sister-in-law is far down on your list of priorities.
The Holy Spirit is going to the root. He is endeavoring to stop the problem at the source of the trouble. If you receive healing but continue in that sin, then another problem will occur. Unforgiveness is sin. To God, the first priority is that we walk in love. To walk in love is God’s commandment to the Church.
The Holy Spirit will continue to lead you to forgive. If you determine to walk in the spirit and spend time praying in the spirit and seeking God’s will for your life, then you’ll pay attention to that leading. You’ll obey, not even realizing your own healing is contingent on your obedience. If you’ll go after God and His will, you’ll learn to make adjustments quickly and cause your will to agree with His.
Every day as you believe God for the healing of your body, you also pray in the Holy Spirit, giving Him place and control in your life. While you have been asking for healing, which is merely a side issue, He has been praying the perfect will of God through you in this matter—that you walk in love with your sister-in-law! With your cooperation, He overcomes your weakness. You hear His voice and obey it. You forgive. Now, you’re back in agreement with God. Sickness loses its foothold. You have victory, and the Holy Spirit has you!
