Many times I have wished for the perfect assistant who could face my current challenge with the most appropriate insight. Then there are the inconvenient times–odd last minute times in a day or night when I’m running on little sleep and wish I could call in a reserve squadron to bail me out. Many too, are the times I have finished a project or a paper with my own insufficient insight or prowess–or so I thought. I can imagine the anxiety the disciples must have felt when Jesus left them to go to the Father. They had been given much and much would be required of them! In such a short time they had been trained by the ultimate Teacher and He was leaving them. Jesus did not leave them alone, however. He said, “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever.” Cash in on that one! A Helper with us forever! Not just any helper–a Helper sent from God Himself–who is God Himself. “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 that I said to you.” I wish my college professors would give me that assurance before an exam. I love the truths of the Bible. It seems no matter how many times I’ve read or heard an insight, I need to remind myself again of the implications. I have the Holy Spirit indwelling me. What liberation to believe and access a divine assistant!