On The Job Training

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  I have said these things to you, while still living with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you. John 14:25 WEB
  
  When my hand touched the box, a new light illuminated on the front of it. When I moved my hand away, it went out. I inspected it more closely and found that the network cable was loose at the back of the hub. I re-crimped the cable and the computer came back online within minutes.
  
  Thirty minutes before, I knew absolutely nothing about computer networks, but an insurance company had called me with a broken one. I worked on computers as a hobby and they had gotten my number from a friend. This was in the early nineties and even computers were rare here, much less a network of them, and I had never actually seen one.
  
  I started to tell them no, but inside I could feel that this was an opportunity from the Lord, so I told them that I would come look at it. Fighting back panic, I was wondering what I was even doing, who was I to be even looking at this. I had never gone to school for computers and felt completely unqualified.
  
  I prayed all the way there and then walked straight through the door to the network hub. I laid my hand on the problem and within ten minutes it was fixed and now they thought that I was a network guru. That office became my client for the next fifteen years. We still help them occasionally today.
  
  The Holy Spirit will teach you all things. God is amazingly smart and ahead of the cutting edge. He can give you the answers to difficult problems and make you look like a genius. Never neglect prayer. It is not just for spiritual purposes. But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him (James 1:5).
  
  When the Lord opens the door, pray and step through it. He will equip you for the job and if you step out in faith, you cannot fail. David stepped out against Goliath when no one else would. We love to prepare and have it all planned out in advance, but the Holy Spirit will teach you all things and He specializes in on-the-job training.
  
  Prayer: Father set up divine encounters for me today and give me the wisdom to accomplish them. I love to see You work in my life and I yield myself to You. Use me, in the name of Jesus.