Re:Verse passage – John 16:5-16 (day five)
“But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.”
Jesus senses that the hearts of His disciples are heavy and saddened. So, He carefully and wisely chooses His next words. Looking to strengthen and encourage them, He promises and discloses the work and ministry of the Holy Spirit. That work- convicting, guiding, and glorifying is “to our advantage”. That work also stretches and challenges us in our finiteness and humanness. The Lord’s economy is always seen and understood more clearly from an eternal perspective rather than a temporal one. It is the eternal things that matter most to the Lord. And they should to us as well. Our task and privilege is to think and remember His words (verse 4). So, daily if not more, we read, recite, and remind ourselves of the Scripture (His Words) that produces the eternal perspective of joy, wisdom, hope, strength, and courage.
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