The Lampstand with its light was in the holy place so that the priests could see as they ministered at the altar of incense. Offering the incense was connected with lighting and dressing the lamps both in the morning and evening. "And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it" (Ex. 30:7-8). The only way the priest could see when offering the incense was by the light of the Lampstand.
Today God has made provision for the believer in prayer in the person of the Holy Spirit, who gives light, instruction, and illumination in spiritual things. "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" (Rom. 8:26 NASB).
The Holy Spirit shows us how to pray; He helps us to know what to pray for, and He Himself makes intercession for us. Multitudes of believers have testified that in times of deep distress, when they neither knew how to pray nor for what to pray, somehow it seemed as though, just by groaning from their hearts, the burden of their hearts ascended to God. They sensed that God heard the unvoiced prayer. There is real comfort in realizing this help from the Holy Spirit. Eph. 6:18 tells of "praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit." Prayer is to be in the light shed by the Holy Spirit, in His power and energy, directed and assisted by Him. This is the divine provision for prayer to teach us how to pray, and also to know for what we should pray.
"You need Christ to make you a Christian, you need the Spirit to make you spiritual."
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