156 GOOD MORNING, HOLY SPIRIT
through the Son to the Father.
How is that gift returned? Let's say your request is for
healing. God the Father—remember now that God is three
persons—looks at God the Son and says, "Would you
please heal him?"
Christ delivers the healing. Why? Because that is the
role of the administrator. The very word administrate
means to minister or to serve. So the Father releases the
healing to the Son, and the Son serves it to you.
Can you picture yourself reaching out to receive your
healing and finding that somehow it seems just out of your
reach? You stretch your arms as far as you can, but the gift
seems beyond your grasp. So close and yet so far away.
What has happened? What's missing?
That's where the work of the Holy Spirit enters the
picture. He presents Himself to manifest the healing that
was provided by God and served by His Son. It is the Spirit
who completes the process of your healing.
He's by Your Side
It began at Pentecost. The Holy Ghost descended from
heaven to make manifest the word of the Godhead. And
exactly where is the Spirit today? Where does He make His
residence? The Spirit does not stand beside Jesus as many
well-intentioned people believe. And He does not stand
alongside the Father. He was given to you and to me as the
Comforter or "the one by our side."
The Holy Spirit is your helper. Yes, He is your assistant
to help you receive the life, the healing, or the deliverance
you so desperately need.
Often someone asks, "Benny, who should I pray to?"