One thing you can count on is that there is a always a next to prepare for. Your season will change. You won’t always have the job that you have now or the current position that you occupy at your company. We shouldn’t be shocked when seasons end, but we usually are.
Most of us are not as tuned into our hearts as we should be. We had a nagging sense or just felt that something was up – but we didn’t pay that much attention to it. Then we are surprised by what we were being alerted to or warned about. Pay attention!
The Scripture Promises that the Holy Spirit will Forewarn Us:
John 16:13 KJV Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
The Holy Spirit is communicating to us all the time. All too often, we are just not paying that much attention. It is time to start paying closer attention to what He is telling us about our next season.
The Holy Spirit is our Connection to Accurate Prayer about our Future:
Romans 8:26-27 NASB In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; (27) and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
The Holy Spirit searches the depths of God’s heart about our future. Our weakness is that we do not know what to pray concerning the next season of our life due to our lack of ability to see into the future. We don’t even comprehend why certain people have connected with us or why some door has closed. Our knowledge is based solely on what we can see or by what our reasoning can deduce. All this is very limited. He, on the other hand is infinite. He has infinite knowledge and sees our future as clearly as our past. Our success would be insured if we could pray from the vantage point of His knowledge rather than just our own. Enter the Holy Spirit!
You Can Pray into Your Future by Praying with the Spirit:
1 Corinthians 14:14-15 NASB (14) For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. (15) What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.
Tucked away in this passage is a clue. When I pray in a tongue, although my mind is unfruitful (does not understand) my spirit is fruitful. The outcome is that I should pray with the spirit and the understanding. How is my understanding going to become fruitful? The answer is in the verse just preceding:
1 Corinthians 14:13 NASB (13) Therefore let one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
Pray that You May Interpret:
If a person who speaks in tongues can pray for natural understanding or interpretation then a person who prays in tongues can do the same. Our minds become fruitful or productive when they receive insight and revelation from the Spirit. The order of prayer in 1 Corinthians 15 is significant. “I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also.” Prayer in the spirit then begins to order the prayers being made with the understanding.
When we don’t understand why things that were comfortable in the past are no longer even tolerable, it may be a sign that change is upon us. We can pray into that season shift if we choose to. We can be prepared ahead of time if we take time to pray in the Spirit. Pray with the spirit and with the mind also. Then, you will be singing as your season shifts and not crying about it.
