Untapped Resource

By Overseer Christopher J. Harris
        

I am almost ashamed to admit this, but here goes. It took me almost a year to find out that I had a navigational system in my smartphone. As one who literally will read the manual when I purchase new products, somehow I missed this amazing feature. How did this come about?

One weekend as a friend and I were about to take a trip to a city that neither one of us had been to, I called him to ask if he had a GPS in his car. I wanted to be prepared. He said "No, I just use my phone..." Knowing that he had the same phone model that I had and thinking that it was an added feature or upgrade I quipped, "Isn't that expensive?" With one of those sarcastic laughs, he said, "You already pay for it. It's in your package..."

As you can imagine, after I hung up the phone I spent the next few hours checking into the validity of my new insight. And lo and behold, I had the same program. I had access to something that I didn't even realize that I had. The more I thought about this, the more I realized the bigger picture.
There have been times in my life where I had access to something that was already paid for, was ready to be used, but my ignorance held back my forward progress. Has that ever happened to you?

If there have been times where you struggled with a decision, or wished you had someone to give you the right advice on a matter, or even needed a creative or innovative strategy to resolve some new situation you were encountering, and all the while never invited the Holy Spirit to get involved...then your answer to the initial question should be yes. You too had (and have) access to something that you didn’t realize was in your package. That is, the package of being a follower of Christ.

Jesus told His disciples that “When He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all truth.” (John 16:13) And what this literally means to us is that the Holy Spirit is a ready GPS function for our everyday lives on spiritual and practical matters. Having access to Him and all of His 'features' has already been paid for.

Once I realized what I have access to, I realized that there was never a reason anymore for me to get lost or be confused about where I am in life, what's going on around me, or even what my decision making should involve.
For some of us, this message about the Holy Spirit may be awkward to receive because many have made the Holy Spirit an experience in gymnastics and weirdness. But there is absolutely nothing weird about the Holy Spirit, nor is it a necessity to have to perform for His presence to become active and real in any situation. His power and presence are as real as the air we breathe.
I'm better today because a friend exposed me to something that was available to me and I didn't realize it. I hope today I've done to you what my friend did to me...open a door to a whole new world. Enjoy what's yours...Gods (and yours) personal travel assistance.

Scripture of the Day: “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.“ - John 16:13

Christopher J. Harris, a native of Palatka, FL, is Chief of Staff/Director of Church Operations of the historic mega-church Fellowship Church of Chicago. He is also Overseer of Youth for Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International. Harris currently resides in Chicago with his wife and children. http://www.ChristopherJHarris.com…