Friday 23 Feb 2018

February 23: John 14:25-27

Key Verse: John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Devotion:
Have you ever been in a situation where someone told you that they could do something for you, but you insisted on trying to get things sorted out yourself. Finally, in frustration after not being able to fix things, you go back to them and they fix it within a few minutes or even seconds! I certainly have been. It's our pride or conceit which stops us from listening to people who can actually do things for us, and even want to do things for us!

Can you now imagine just how frustrated Christ gets with us! He has continued to tell us we can depend on Him for anything and how we must do – and yet we continue to tell Him we can manage it by ourselves! We continue to think we are in control and understand all things, when, truth be told, we fail miserably most of the time! God understood that in the beginning and gave us the opportunity to have someone come to help us out; first Christ, then the Holy Spirit.

Christ plainly reminded us He would leave the Holy Spirit to indwell us when we believe in Him. He reminds us here that the Holy Spirit will not only be with us but will help us to remember things about His teachings. In other words, we may well not be able to remember all the things we read from the bible, but the Holy Spirit certainly will be able to help you remember them when we need to... all we must do is listen!

If we had listened to that person who told us they could fix things in the beginning, we would have got things done a whole lot quicker. If we listen to Christ now and believe He is able to help us, then we will be able to move forward in His will a whole lot quicker... We just have to listen! He wants to guide us. He wants to help us. He wants to protect us. Why not let Him?

Points to Ponder:
Are you too proud to accept help?

How well do you actually listen to God?