John 14:26

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.

If you take a look at a lot of our family photos, you’ll notice there is often one person missing. It’s not because we forgot someone or kicked someone out of the family. It’s simply this: Someone is taking the picture. Every so often it happens that we take a picture on a vacation, but no one besides us is there to take the picture. That means the job falls to my wife or myself.

In a manner of speaking, the Holy Spirit is like the person behind the camera. When you search through the Bible you see him in a variety of spots, but he usually is doing one thing, posting pictures of Jesus! Ok, not literally, but figuratively speaking, the Holy Spirit is always pointing our attention to Christ.

Why? That’s where you find salvation! That’s where you receive life. The Spirit wants you to focus on Jesus and trust in him. It gives him no greater joy than for Christ Jesus to be the foundation for your life and the focus of your faith.

The Spirit does that great work through the Word of God, drawing our attention away from self and onto Christ. He made sure when the Scriptures were inspired the focus was on Jesus and remains on him. He works to point us to Christ when we are filled with guilt and guides us to live like Christ in our daily lives.

The focus needs to be on Jesus in our lives and the Spirit will make sure of it!