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INSIGHT FROM THE SPIRIT Today's Devotional Read: John :– | Bible in a Year: Isaiah 50–52; 1 Thessalonians When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into the truth. John : 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 shovelful 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 scripts. That stone (now housed in the British Museum) would be one of the most important archaeological finds of the nineteenth century, helping to unlock the mysteries of the ancient Egyptian writing known 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, “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into the truth. He will not speak his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet come” (John . 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. What are some portions of the Bible you have found difficult? List them and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into better understanding of those Scriptures. God of truth, help rest in the Spirit of truth that I might better understand the wisdom You’ve provided. 
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A very wise pastor once told me that it was not unusual to find scriptures that were not clear to me. He said to just "put them on a shelf" and wait and see.... if they were to have an importance to me personally, I would eventually gain understanding of them. I've found that to be so true. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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