The Intercession of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:26-27)
Image from Unsplash Have you ever heard the expression, “God’s perfect will for your life”? Now, I believe that God’s will, along with every other attribute of God, is perfect. But often when this phrase is used, it is in reference to what God wants us to do, and in particular to his “secret” plan for us in the various details and decisions of life. They call it secret because it is not in God’s word, his revealed will. But nevertheless, the idea is that God wants us to discover it. So, for example, the Bible doesn’t tell you which college to apply for, or the name of the person you are to marry, it doesn’t tell you which job to take, it doesn’t tell you which car to buy, it doesn’t tell you what kind of diet you should follow: it doesn’t tell you a lot of specifics with regard to the innumerable decisions that we have to make. Now of course God’s word does speak to everything in a general sense. But those who advocate for discovering this perf...
