God's Language is Love

                      

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. Romans 8:26, 27

So many times I search for the right words....I falter. No words express what I am trying to say. It's frustrating! But we need not ever search for the right words.....The Holy Spirit always knows the perfect words. It is as if He is laying out my heart before the Father, in the Father's own language!

At one point in my Christian walk, I was almost obsessed with having a "prayer language." I wanted to know everything I could about speaking in tongues. I read books, I talked to other Christians, I prayed for the gift. I wanted the "experience." A pastor friend I know says he prayed for the gift and months later he was driving down the road and was so overcome with emotion he had to pull over. Then he spoke in tongues for the first time.

At one point, I went so far as going to a church meeting and having the pastor pray for me to "get it" right then and there. Nothing came forth.......not one utterance. He prayed.......I waited. And waited. Not one Holy peep. He told me, "Just praise God out loud." I did, well, not really loud, in English.

Me and another lady were ushered off to the side where we were prayed for again, to no avail. She seemed somewhat upset. I mumbled something out loud and they thought they had success, "Glory to God!" I went and sat down just so they could stop praying.

Looking back, parts of this meeting now seem very humorous, although not in an irreverent way. It was an evening spent with people who loved God gathering together for one purpose, to praise Him. The motive in my heart was pure. That's what God saw. My prayer may not have been answered the way I wanted it that night, but not because of what anyone did or didn't do. Not the Pastor, not me, not anyone....certainly not God.

One day, many months after that night while I was vacuuming I started singing and praising God....in another language. It came quietly and unannounced, like a gentle dove. I didn't lose control, I didn't black out or fall to the floor. I was completely coherent and rational. And that is how its been every time since. It is my prayer language and only God hears it. It is His gift to me and it is precious.

And it came in His timing. And whatever you believe about this particular topic, the Holy Spirit is very much alive and working in the hearts of men and women today.

I know there are some denominations who teach that without this gift, you aren't saved. I have never read that in the Bible. I also know some denominations that say it's not for today, it only happened once on the day of Pentecost. All I know is it happened to me. Regardless, we never have to worry about either having a prayer language or not having one, God always hears the cry of our heart.

Not only do we have Jesus actively interceding before the Throne of the Father, we have the Holy Spirit interceding for us in our prayers! That unspoken request that is in your heart today? Be assured, it has already been communicated in the best language....God's language! And His language is always

Love