John 14 The Counselor
Several years ago, Grace Church went on a short-term mission trip to Mexico. One of the most interesting stories of the week was the trip home. We gathered very early in the morning and packed up a bus to head to the airport. The trip should have taken less than an hour. It soon became clear that the driver of the bus had no idea where the airport was. We came to this conclusion as he was backing up the bus on the main highway. After some very intense dialogue, we convinced the bus driver to pull over at a gas station. It was there that our youth pastor jumped out of the bus and jumped into a taxi cab that was just leaving the station. He yelled out the window, "Follow me: we will get you to the airport." So we followed the cab to the airport and were the last people to board the plane. We are still not sure the bus driver ever found his way home.
I share that story because the Holy Spirit is our taxi driver. He came into our bus to show us how to live and to open our eyes to see God's truth. We would be foolish to try to live life without his guidance and direction.
Mohammed writes a book, leaves the book and dies. What do you have? A dead man's book.
Buddha leaves us some of his sayings and then dies. What do you have? A dead man's sayings.
Confucius leaves us some proverbs and then dies. What do you have? A dead man's proverbs.
Jesus doesn't leave us a book; he leaves us himself. Vs 18 says, "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." So what do you have? We have a friend, a counselor, a guide, and a taxi driver in the person of Holy Spirit who comes to us and guides us to the airport.
All religions of the world are connected with dead guys but with Christianity it is about connecting with a living person. All I can say is "thank you, Lord, and lead me today!"
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