JOHN 16:13

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

TO PONDER

I think we sometimes overcomplicate the Holy Spirit. Now that is not to say that the Holy Spirit of God is not mysterious, often working in strange and miraculous ways in the lives of people, but one of the things that the Bible is very clear about when it comes to the work of Holy Spirit is to help God's people understand what has been revealed in Scripture.

Even Jesus disciples who walked alongside Jesus for three years didn't really understand all that had happened until the Holy Spirit came on them at Pentecost.

My grandfather was an amateur hand radio operator. He once said to me, the Holy Spirit is like the tuning dial on a radio receiver, he helps dial us in so that we can hear God speaking to us more clearly. I've always liked that analogy. Maybe today you might let the Holy Spirit 'tune you in' to hear God speaking to you more clearly through His word, revealed to us in the Bible.

PRAYER

Lord Jess, you are the way, the truth, and the life. Holy Spirit, help me to see the way, hear the truth, and live the life that Jesus offers more clearly every day, so that others might also be drawn into his life. Amen