THE STANDBY!

John 14: 16

"And, I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever."

Standby - caught my attention. We have all heard and almost take for granted that we understand Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Strengthener. Those words aptly describe our Lord and Savior. Standby sounds so worldly and today like. We have standbys that stand in the wings when people act, swing from the trapeze, dance, and all kinds of very active, dangerous roles. I love it.

So, we have a very today way to identify with our Holy Spirit who is in EVERYWAY, always there for us. No matter what capacity, career, everyday thing we do in life He has our back. The Holy Spirit stands by us and is our standby. When I picture that, I see this huge white wing shadow. I see His folded arms in ready stance to guard and scare away all foes of conflict. We've heard stories from others about how they knew they had been saved from some horrible accident. The timing was crazy. I can share this story with you that just happened. Someone we know works at a hospital. She is one of the tech people who work with giving MRI's and CT Scans. They had a new unit in and she volunteered to be a test case. Get ready to drop your jaw! They saw an aneurysm in her brain. Long story short, they rushed her through two hospitals and all the way to Indianapolis for a five-hour surgery to snip it off. She is back home this weekend. The doctor told her he had no idea how she lived to reach Indianapolis.

However, we do, don't we? Wow! That is our Holy Spirit in Standby mode. Was He all the rest of those too? Of course. It is just another way to study our God and draw closer to His plan for our life.