Another Counselor

Good Morning,

John 14:16 (NIV)
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—

So, how often do you remember that we have this promise in your life? What I mean is, do you realize that Jesus promised that God the Father would give us the Holy Spirit, in the form of "another Counselor" to help us and be with us at all times?

I know that I often forget, or just don't seem to recall, this promise in my day to day life. So, I sometimes tend to struggle with decisions or how to handle certain circumstances that arise. I would venture to say that my forgetfulness concerning this promise of Jesus is probably shared with a great number of believers.

We go about our daily lives and run into this or that challenge and we just don't remember that we have God, in the form of the Holy Spirit...another Counselor...right there with us to, well, counsel us in our present difficulty. So, instead of taking a few moments to seek the help of this special and holy Counselor, we muddle through as best we can and "hope" for a decent outcome.

Oh, how foolish we can be!

God has given us His own Holy Spirit to be our Counselor! Especially in times of troubles and difficulties. And, we, rather slow witted humans that we can be, simply forget that He is there with us, for us, and available to us in order that we might make a correct and godly decision as to what we might be facing. And the we wonder why we struggle? We wonder why our decisions are sometimes weak or wrong? We can't figure out why our lives seem to be going in the wrong direction?

When we face these questions in our lives, I would ask,"Have we gone to our ever present Counselor for His guidance and assistance? Have we taken a few moments of our precious time before we do or decide on something to seek wisdom from our Counselor?" Of course, as is most often the case, we haven't prayed and asked as we should. Either our forgetfulness or our human stubbornness gets in the way and we just go it alone, so to speak.

Makes on wonder about our general intelligence, doesn't it? I mean, if we have the very Creator of the universe, the Maker of all things, to counsel us, why in the world don't we take advantage of what He has promised us?

Jesus said clearly, "...AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COUNSELOR..." At that time, He was telling those listening that although He, Jesus, might not be with them in the flesh to be the Counselor and helper that He had been to that point, that God would send the Holy Spirit to take that on that job. And, He said, "...TO BE WITH YOU FOREVER..." So, I believe that Jesus meant this promise to be for all who have accepted Him into their lives as Lord and Savior...you and me...for all time and in all times.

Let us not forget that our Counselor is here with us, right now, this very moment, and for all the moments that will follow. He is there to give us knowledge and wisdom when we need it most. We need to call on Him more often and then, here might be the hard part, we need to listen to what He tells us.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David