Written Not With Ink

“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…he will guide you into all truth…he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you.” John 14:26, John 16:13-14

When my children were in middle school they all said the same thing about certain areas of learning. They claimed they would never need certain information ‘in the real world’ so they would learn it for the test only to forget it later. One of my kids whom will remain anonymous actually stated that the need for Math was certainly unnecessary!

Thankfully, the Holy Spirit will not allow us to forget certain lessons and truths which are learned through our circumstances. The information is burned on our hearts with each trial finding a home in our hearts for acceptance and application at a later time. Life will test our knowledge through our tribulations and beckon old truths to be applied to present circumstances. Our knowledge of the One who has authority over all of our days is cumulative and progressive helping us ascertain a fuller knowledge of God.

An important part of hearing and applying this knowledge is having an intimate relationship with God. You can ask any of my children just about any topic and they will be able to tell you what I believe. The reason for their knowledge of my character and ideas about life is from our shared experiences and intimate relationships. The same is with God. The more deeply we pursue knowing who He is the more knowledge in Him we will attain providing His mindset on every area of our lives. We can only hear Him when we know Him and recognize His voice. In John 10:2-14, Christ is described as the good Shepherd knowing His children by name and them knowing Him because they recognize His voice. We must live a John 8:47 life – ‘He who belongs to God hears what God says.’

One of my favorite Scripture verses is 2 Corinthians 3:3. It states, 'You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.'