Running With The Wind

CALL TO PRAYER

Title: Running With The Wind

By: Stephen Osei Kuffour

Date: 17.11.2024

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.

(John 3:8 NKJV)

In the word of God, natural things are mostly used to explain spiritual things. For example, it is written in Psalm 19 that, creation (natural things) gives evidence of the existence of God (Spirit). In the same way, our Lord Jesus in John 3:8 likened the Holy Spirit to the Wind.

We can’t see the Wind, but we see its influence/effects. Wind is used to turn turbines to generate electricity and a strong wind can uproot trees and even remove the roofing of buildings.  In the same way, the Holy Spirit is unpredictable and cannot be seen with our physical eyes but the work He does in and with our lives reveals His glorious presence.

When you are traveling by Flight from Germany to Ghana, the time it takes to arrive in Ghana is different from the time it takes to travel back to Germany, although the distance is the same. Why is it so? The answer is as a result of Tailwind and Headwind. Tailwind runs with the Plane and pushes it to run faster, and Headwind moves against the Plane and slows it down.

As Christians, we are supposed to run with the wind (Holy Spirit, Rom 8:14). When we do so, we will be successful (God’s measure of success) in every good work that the Lord has given us and will also live to please Him. I believe that the majority of the problems we go through as Christians are as a result of us running against the Wind and not with Him. Most of us are not led by the Spirit but rather lean on our own understanding which mostly results in catastrophic outcomes.

Beloved in the Lord, the Holy Spirit can be likened to the Wind. Though we don’t see Him with our physical eyes, we see the impact of His work in our lives. Let’s therefore be sensitive to His leadings so we can bear more fruits and impact many lives.

Prayer Point:

Let’s thank God for His word. Let’s ask the Lord to help all believers to be sensitive to the leadings of the Holy Spirit.

God bless you all