Contemplative Bible Reading

John 14:26 (New Living Translation)

But the Advocate, 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.

After Jesus ascended He sent the Holy Spirit. One thing the Holy Spirit would do for those who followed Jesus day to day was remind them of everything Jesus told them.

Note, the Holy Spirit would not put new words in their minds (at least not mentioned here). The Holy Spirit would tickle those parts of their minds that held what Jesus told them. Those words were in their minds, waiting to be recalled.

God created us in the bodies we have. He gave us our minds and muscles and all those things. Now and then I find a passage that pushes me to believe that our created bodies are far more capable than we might imagine. We have (hi)stories in the Bible of people doing amazing physical acts. Here, I believe, we have a (hi)story of people doing what we would consider amazing mental acts: remembering everything – not just the gist or main points but everything –  Jesus told them over a three-year period.

We have truly amazing created bodies. Would it be worthwhile to realize the full potential of these created bodies? Or might that only lead us into foolish pride?