Hi, I'm Bill Crowder, and welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.

I titled today's reading, Insight from the Spirit.

As the French soldier dug in the desert sand reinforcing the defenses of his army's encampment, he had no idea

he would make a momentous discovery. Moving another shovel full of sand, he saw a stone. Not just any

stone. It was the Rosetta stone containing a listing of the good things King Ptolemy V had done

for his priests and the people of Egypt,

written in three scripts. That stone, now housed in the British Museum, would be one of the

most important archaeological finds of the 19th century, helping to unlock the mysteries of the

ancient Egyptian writing known as hieroglyphics. For many of us, much of

scripture is also wrapped in deep mystery. Still, the night before the cross, Jesus promised

his followers that he would send the Holy Spirit. He told them in John chapter 16, but when he,

the spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.

He will not speak on his own.

He will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

The Holy Spirit is, in a sense, our divine Rosetta Stone, shedding light on the truth,

including truths behind the mysteries

of the Bible.

While we're not promised absolute understanding of everything given to us in the scriptures,

we can have confidence that by the Spirit, we can comprehend everything necessary for us to

follow Jesus.

He will guide us into those vital truths.

Our scripture reading today is from John chapter 16, verses 12 through 15. These are words Jesus

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