Days of Refreshing #16

As Jesus was sharing with His apostles in the upper room on the night He was betrayed, He had shared a lot of hard truths with them. He then says in John 16:

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

We can only handle so much truth at one time.  We live in a world of mega-information bombarding us faster than we can take it all in. We need times of refreshing to step back and sort everything out. Christ has given us His Holy Spirit for just such times.  Yes, He is always with us to guide, comfort, and convict, but sometimes we just need to step back and tune in our listening to the Holy Spirit, to make sure we are hearing Him loud and clear. During these times He will point out to us those things we have been missing along the way, and He will help us see new things we need to know as we continue on life's journey. So as we take time out to refresh, don't leave the Holy Spirit out of the process. He is the Spirit of Life Who refreshes, revives and renews.