Imagine waking up some morning, walking into your living room, and finding a huge man you had never seen before sleeping on your couch. That's what happened to a Michigan pastor and his wife. In fact, it was the pastor's wife who discovered the slumbering hulk.

"Don't be too alarmed," she told her husband after she made her way back to the bedroom, "but there's a big guy sleeping in our living room."

The police were summoned and the man was shaken out of his slumber. To everyone's surprise it was discovered that he had once lived in the house, and because he was drunk he thought he had come home.

Where we go and what we do depends on what we allow to influence us. That intruder chose to be under the control of alcohol, which deceived him and made him do something he would not normally do.

Before Jesus returned to heaven, He promised to send the Holy Spirit to be our Helper and to guide us into all truth (Jn. 16:7,13). The Spirit does His work in our lives as we read the Word of God and obey what we've learned. We can be certain that as we allow Him to control our lives, He will never lead us astray.

The Holy Spirit is the best influence! --JDB  — RBC Ministries