There's something about the Holy Spirit that gets inside of us, that worms deep into our hearts, and doesn't let go. It's happening here to Herod -- Herod would have had everything he ever could have desired, and yet he's spending time listening to John, curious about what John has that Herod doesn't. When the Holy Spirit digs in, all of those big questions that are unanswered sit in the front of our minds, and we seek out answers, we seek out Truth. John had Truth, and Herod wanted it.
Everyone, at some point, reaches a point in life where they discover that many answers are inadequate. They realize that money and power or whatever else they were seeking don't answer the questions that keep us awake deep at night. At some point, we ask questions about Truth, and what is truly transcendent.
If we're lucky, there are people like John around to point to the Truth. The Holy Spirit places people like that, uses people like that, so that when we are wrestling, truly wrestling, with the most fundamental questions in life, we find that there are people around us to remind us that God is at work in this time and place.
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