“Jesus answered and said to him, ‘If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.’”

We need to be responsive to the leading of the Holy Spirit in our lives. By listening to the Holy Spirit we are able to keep Jesus’ word. However, we have to actually pay attention to the Holy Spirit. We can easily ignore the leading of the Holy Spirit; we can easily convince ourselves that we know better than the Holy Spirit. We need to practice quieting our hearts and minds so that we can hear God speaking to us.

When was the last time you intentionally quieted your heart and mind? When did you last spend time listening to God, without speaking? How can you train yourself to listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit?