Yesterday in church my sermon dealt with Christ's description of the Holy Spirit in the fact that the Holy Spirit is our advocate. One of the descriptors for the Holy Spirit is Paraclete and I identified it in the following description:
You are facing forward and looking ahead and unable to see what is behind you. As our Paraclete the Holy Spirit has our back and is guiding and protecting us from things that we can't see. As I was preaching this sermon, our brave men and women of Benton and Marshall County Emergency Services were on the scene of house fire.
This week First Christian Church will host it's first committee meeting in reference to bringing author and former police officer Jeff Billingsly to Marshall County. We are bringing Jeff to Marshall County to speak to our emergency service providers about he role that faith plays in ones life in emergency services.
Brothers and Sisters, our emergency service providers are our Paraclete's in the fact that they have our backs and protect us from the dangers that we cannot see and do not expect. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did this first when he gave us the Holy Spirit to guide and protect us (his people) from the world.
My prayer for us all this week as we approach Pentecost and the arrival of the Holy Spirit, is that we have the backs of the people that have our backs. While we are at church, while we are sleeping, while our children are in school, and while we are at work, emergency services are our Paraclete's.
Rest and Live Well
Your Back is Covered.
Pastor Tim.
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