The other day I was reading through a Bible commentary when I happened on an interesting fact that I had not known before. According to that commentary, in the ancient world, Greek warriors had a practice that often made them invincible in battle.

Greek soldiers went into battle in pairs so that when the enemy attacked, the pairs could draw together back-to-back, covering each other’s blind side. The term the Greeks used for one’s battle partner was the word Paraclete. Does that word sound familiar? It should. It was the word Jesus used just before He was to return to the Father when He promised His disciples that He would send them the Holy Spirit to be with them as their “paraclete”.

In other words, Jesus was telling His disciples, and us for that matter, that He would send the Holy Spirit who would “have our backs” in the daily struggles that come our way. If you happen to be going through a rough time right now, remember this – God Himself has your back! Jesus promised it, so you and I are not alone and we can take Him at his word. So, no matter what happens, it’s going to be okay, God is our battle partner!