Good Advice

Don't you sometimes wish you could talk to the most knowledgeable person in the world about an issue you're having?

Well, I sought advice from the most well-respected person I knew for mine and got it. I knew the matter was such a delicate one that could cause all sorts of divisions and defenses... and good wisdom was too hard to find elsewhere... so I went to a guru.

Imagine not knowing someone too well... let's say... you shared the same basketball court with them. For this illustration, let's use Barack Obama. You guys happened to play basketball against each other randomly, you with your boys, and him with his secret agent squad. Then he allows you to be his friend on Facebook because you insta-added him so he wouldn't forget you. 6 months pass by... and you randomly chat him, not expecting him to respond. To your surprise, he responds, and not only responds, but decides that he wants to call you about some of the minor concerns you were having, even though it's 2am and he's at a UN conference getting ready for the next day tomorrow.

This is similar to the conversation I had with this guru person on Facebook... that then somehow got turned into an hour long phone conversation. The simple fact that this man called me really impressed me and blessed me.

Beyond the fact that he called me, I received so much encouragement and truth from him... it was one of the most overwhelming things. I was truly taken aback by the large amounts of one man's generosity, kindness, affection that he showed me. How was it possible that he would be willing to do this even though he was tired and didn't even know me well? I could not fathom...

My only conclusion was that all of those things I saw in him were fruits from his relationship with Jesus Christ. He had the Spirit... and I'm only thinking this because his relationship with Jesus... is very open. He's a pastor! Even still, he had no other real incentives, rather than to just genuinely help me.

I'm glad I got my question answered, but I think I got so much more out of it. This isn't the first time I've met someone who's made me feel this way, but I was reminded that Jesus transforms people into his likeness. I will become like him through my fellowship with him. I will become like this man too. It's one thing to hear about it, and another to experience it. We've been given a new Spirit inside of us! So... let hope... rise! A hope that does not put us to shame. A living hope.