Hey!
Last night we talked about GOD the SPIRIT! Here's one more characteristic about God the Spirit:
SOME say "The COUNSELOR" was JESUS’ FAVORITE NAME for HIS SPIRIT. WHEN you think about it, it makes sense…Jesus SPOKE about the “COUNSELOR” during the MOST INTENSE TIME of HIS LIFE. He spoke about HIM hours before He would suffer and die on the Cross. Take a look at JOHN 14:25-26:
25"All this I have spoken while still with you. 26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
PARA-WHO???
THE WORD “COUNSELOR” here can also be translated as “HELPER”, “ADVOCATE”, “ENCOURAGER”, or “FRIEND.” It comes from the Greek Word, “paraklētos”. It is normally describe as a “Person who comes along side of you” to help you out when you are in trouble, kind of like a teacher helping out a student who is failing, a doctor rushing to help his patient, or A FRIEND MAKING SURE YOUR BACK DID NOT GET too WELPED UP playing “STING PONG”!
I'VE GOT YOUR BACK!
I like what I have recently heard about the word, “paraklētos.” It is the idea of two Roman soldiers standing together in BATTLE FORMATION. These 2 would have EACH others BACK. I LIKE THAT. The SPIRIT as our COUNSELOR has our BACK…DO YOU KNOW what He is ATTRACTED TO? Not our STRENGTHS, but our WEAKNESS. When we GET to a POINT in our LIVES where we CAN CONFESS our WEAKNESS to GOD and our UTTER DEPENDENCE on HIM for LIFE, we are in a
HOWEVER, the PLACE where we mostly live is a FAKE REALITY. We are NOT KEEPING it REAL with GOD. We either ACT like we’ve got it all together or we depend on someone else to be God for us or something else to be God for us. Listen, your friends are great, but never let them take the PLACE of the SPIRIT of COUNSEL in your life. Never drown your weakness’ and problems in drugs, alcohol, hurting others feelings, lustful acts, or whatever. This life can be a battle and God the Father has sent His Spirit of Counsel to have our backs. He even prays for us in our WEAKNESS. ROMANS 8:26. I love what one preacher says about this. The groans the SPIRIT of GOD are praying in are “GUT WRENCHING PRAYERS.” Before you WAKE UP in the MORNING and BEFORE you GO TO BED at NIGHT, the SPIRIT of COUNSEL is CRYING OUT to GOD DESPERATELY for your life. Man I hope that changes the way you wake up tomorrow morning and go to be at tonight……
PRAYER
Holy Counselor, You are awesome for having our back! I need You desperately. Counsel me in the Word of God in order to live the Word of God! In Jesus my Friend. Amen!
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