The Fisherman's Grandson at the Marine Biology Conference

In 2019, a marine biology symposium in Monterey, California invited local fishermen to join a panel on coastal ecosystems. Among them sat Carlos, a third-generation fisherman from Moss Landing who had dropped out of high school to work his grandfather's boat.

When a researcher displayed complex sonar data showing unusual anchovy migration patterns, the room full of PhDs debated causes — water temperature anomalies, magnetic interference, shifting currents. Carlos studied the screen, then said quietly, "The water smelled different last October. Something changed in the plankton."

The room went still. He couldn't cite a single journal article. He owned no degree. But Carlos had spent forty years with his hands in those currents, reading what instruments couldn't measure. Within weeks, his observation proved correct. A subtle plankton bloom, undetected by sensors, had shifted the entire food chain early.

Paul told the Corinthians he came not with "lofty speech or wisdom" but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power. The deep things of God, he insisted, are "spiritually discerned." The Spirit of the Almighty searches everything, even the depths of God Himself, and reveals what no eye has seen nor ear heard.

There is a knowing that comes not from credentials but from intimacy. The Holy Spirit dwells within believers not as a textbook but as a living Presence — teaching us what the world's wisest minds, relying on human reason alone, simply cannot access.