Help!

John 14: 16 And I will pray the Father and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.

Have you ever met anyone who is a truly great person, doing lots of good things, but being so quiet about it that hardly anyone really notices? The Person I want to tell you about today is like that. He is not just a VIP, He is an MIP (Most Important Person)! And yet, even the ones who are closest to Him sometimes take Him for granted and ignore Him altogether. This person is God, the Holy Spirit. He is God and God is Number One in the universe; but in addition, He is so important in our lives that we cannot survive and we have no future without Him.

When Jesus was going back to Heaven, He promised His disciples that He would send them another Helper. When you read the original language (Greek) it is actually saying, “I will send you another Helper just like the One before”. The first Helper is Jesus. He came to help us understand what God is like, to teach us how to love God and obey Him, and to give Himself so that we can be saved. The Holy Spirit is God, just like Jesus is God, and He came also to do the same work Jesus did. When Jesus became a man, He limited Himself in many ways. He couldn’t be everywhere at the same time. When He returned to Heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit to continue the work. The Spirit is a spirit so He can be everywhere at the same time and be a Helper to all God’s children everywhere.

How does the Holy Spirit help us? He is the One who lets us know when we are going wrong. He works with our consciences and urges us to do the right things always. Without Him we will never know when we are doing wrong, never want to do the right. As such we will never repent and cannot be saved. He gives us power to overcome sin and to live good Christian lives. Aren’t you happy for the help of this wonderful Helper?

Lord, thank you for the help of God the Holy Spirit. Teach me how to listen to Him that I might be a better Christian, in Jesus’ name, amen.