"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into allI the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14 "He will glorify Me for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. 15 "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.
John 16:12-15
From these verses we find much revelation concerning the way the Holy Spirit has been given to work in our lives.
Jesus said He had many more things to say to us, but you cannot bear them now.
We discover he has many more things to say to us AT THE RIGHT TIME ~ The reality of knowing the Father and His son Jesus is that knowing and learning Him is an unending discovery. I love the reality that the Father never gives us anything that we are not able to bear. He knows our natural and spiritual limitations and never adds to our lives for destruction. He is the author of life and works only life in us. So when we meet circumstances and ‘feel’ we can’t bear them, it highlights our need to depend on our Helper because he never reveals things to us we are not able to bear. Grace is always attached to revelation. When we ‘see’ we are presented with the grace to believe, receive and obey.
When He, the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth ~
Jesus said, “I will ask the Father and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of Truth.” The greatest need we have is truth. Our ability to rightly discern and see what is true from the lie and deception. As the Spirit of God, He is Truth, for God is not a man that He can lie. It is impossible for God to lie. Satan is a liar and the father of all lies and there is no truth in him. As the God of this world, he works to blind minds, so we won’t believe. Every lie embraced brings one closer to the destruction he works, but Jesus said you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. Just as the Spirit of the Lord rested upon Jesus to open the eyes of the blind, he continues to work to open our eys to see and will guide us into all the truth,
BECAUSE he will not speak on His own initiative but whatever He hears, he will speak ~
We have been graciously given the Spirit who is from God, who searches the depths of God to give us understanding and insight in the knowledge of Him and the things freely given to us by God. As the Spirit of Almighty God, He is Holy. The Holy Spirit holds and communicates to us the very thoughts of God and He will disclose to us what is to come. Just as Jesus only spoke what He heard the Father say, the Holy Spirit takes what is Jesus’ and reveals this to us. He will show us things to come. Our tomorrow need not take us unawares.
Finally, we see the glorifying ministry of the Holy Spirit with all He does bringing glory to Jesus.
He will glorify me for He will take what is mine and disclose it to you.
What we need, to conform to Christ, is the work of grace, through the Holy Spirit. ’Christ in us is the hope of glory’ .
Whatever He discloses will bring glory to Jesus. Since we are predestined to be conformed to the image of Jesus, the Holy Spirit works to reveal, lead, guide, and strengthen to achieve that purpose. The Holy Spirit works to bring to our remembrance all things Jesus has said and then gives us the ability to walk that out. It is this working which brings glory to Jesus.
The Holy Spirit enables us, in the very moment of temptation, to be all that is needed to ‘be’ Jesus in that circumstance. He will prepare us for the coming moment. He will direct us in that moment, He will give the ability to do right in the moment and this all glorifies Jesus, as it is exactly what Jesus would do.
It serves the Fathers purpose for us to learn and grow up into Jesus in all things. It is the Holy Spirit, who is given unto us, that communicates and enables us to grow up into that man.
These days are demanding and with the pressure of the times, we must access all that heaven has given to us as we daily are being filled with the Spirit.