Spokesperson

Imagine what it is like to speak only for someone else and not for yourself.

“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true. You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth. Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. But I have a testimony greater than John's. The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his form, and you do not have his word abiding in you, because you do not believe him whom he has sent. "You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf. Yet you refuse to come to me to have life. I do not accept glory from human beings. But I know that you do not have the love of God in you. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God? Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?" - John 5:30-47

John paints an interesting picture of Jesus and John the Baptist.

One is the truth from God, and the other testifies to that truth.  Both are spokespeople, telling all what the Father wants them and us to hear.

I am reminded of Zachariah, who was unable to speak until his son was born and given the name John.

If the only words that could come out of your mouth were God's and not yours, how would you feel?  What would you think?

I guess we could try that for a day.  We could pause before saying anything and think, What would God want me to say in this situation?

How long could we be a spokesperson before we blurt out our own thoughts?

Chances are it wouldn't take long to revert to our old ways.  The only way we could speak from God is to truly have faith in Him to speak through us.

I think that is what the Holy Spirit is for.  Isn't that what Jesus told his friends.  They will not have to worry about what to say, for the Spirit will give them the words.

Maybe, we could learn to tap into that power and guidance.

And in the pause of silence before the words come, people will think us wise.

More to come...