Reminding us

“But the Counsellor, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” John 14:26
This is another wonderful promise given by Jesus to His disciples. He is returning to the Father, but He is not abandoning them. Instead, He says, “It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counsellor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you” (John 16:7). While Jesus was on the earth, He was only in one place at a time. But when the Holy Spirit came, He was with every believer, all the time – indwelling them.
Here Jesus tells us one of the roles of the Holy Spirit: to teach us all things, and remind us of everything He has said to us. This is referring to the Scriptures; after all, the Holy Spirit was the one who inspired the writing of the Scriptures. So when you’re reading the Bible and come across a passage that you don’t understand, you can pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you what it means. The answer might not be immediate, but it will come.
When it comes to reminding us of what Jesus said, here’s the kicker. You’ll be facing a hard time, and a Scripture relating to that situation will come to mind. That’s the Holy Spirit reminding you. This is why we need to be reading (and re-reading) the Bible on a regular basis. It’s very hard to remind someone of something they haven’t heard. The very word, re-mind, implies that it is a repetition of something. As we become more familiar with the Word of God, the easier it will be for the Holy Spirit to remind us of it.