The operations of the Spirit in the life of a believer are diverse. One of them is to help us understand what has been given to us by the Father. “But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.” I Corinthians 2:10 NKJV. In our previous meditation, we learned of the need to rise above ignorance. The Holy Spirit will play a principal role in bringing this to pass. Other roles of the Spirit can be gleaned from two scriptures as spoken by the Master. The first is John 14:26 which says, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.” John 16:13 is the other one – “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.”

He handles the past because He reminds us of all things; He is involved with the present because He teaches all things; and He connects us with the future as He shows things to come and guides into all truth.

These two scriptures show that the Spirit is involved with past, present, and future. He handles the past because He reminds us of all things; He is involved with the present because He teaches all things; and He connects us with the future as He shows things to come and guides into all truth. When you add today’s scripture then you can say that the Spirit enlarges our capacity to retain the truth and handle what has been previously too hard. In the light of these many ministries of the Holy Spirit, Paul’s admonition that we should not quench the Spirit makes sense.