Psalm 138:2a English Standard Version (ESV) I bow down …

Now that we have received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth abides with us to teach us all the things that Jesus has to say. Hearing it from the Holy Spirit is hearing it from Jesus, they are One.

John 14:26 English Standard Version (ESV) 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 have said to you.

To remember anything we must first place this information within the library of the mind. Reading His Holy Word is essential to activating this passage surrounding remembrance. It is also one of our more difficult efforts because of how we must access that storehouse of information. That is where humility gives us our best clue.

We cannot teach a know-it-all anything.

When reading the Word our attitude should be one of emptiness, an empty vessel eager and willing to receive what the Spirit of Truth has to reveal. We have to forget for a moment that we know anything. Humility will allow us to put aside what we think we know and make room to listen as the Holy Spirit speaks to us through His Word. This is the primer, the first best way to hear the Holy Spirit. These first moments of hearing have to come from a place where the mind is quieted and not active in reasoning out what has been taught by preachers and teachers and counselors. We will have plenty of time to sort all that our later.

This exercise is all about hearing the Spirit of Truth and coming to know by faith that God is talking to us in the most personal way. He has opened up the lines of communication, do not close them with pride.