The Wind Blows

I went out side this afternoon and looked across the highway at the wind turbines. I remembered all the comercials that have been on promoting these things and one especially came to mind. It pointed out how we "the human race" have been able to harness the power of the wind and turn that power into electricity. Then the Holy Spirit reminded me of the scripture in John 3 vs 8. It says, "The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." And I realized that we have not harnessed the wind at all, we have only learned to use it. It still blows where it wants to. We can't put a bridle on it and make it do our work. We can't tell it which way to blow. We have figured out how to tell which way it will blow and sometimes how hard it's going to blow. But we no more control the wind than we can control storms.

The Holy Spirit moves when and where and how he wants and we can't control him either. We are simply the turbines that are used by him to focus his power. And like the wind turbines sometimes we turn off the generators and let him blow by and not let him use us. But, when we allow the Holy Spirit to use his full potential in us it is an unlimited natural resource. I am not responsible to make the Holy Spirit move here or there but I am responsible for how I allow him to move me. There is power in the wind, and so much more in the Spirit.