The Wind of God
This was a post I made to a mailing list for a youth group I used to work with. I thought I’d post it.
I got home from practice last night, I opened my truck door and I could hear the wind rustling the leaves. The sky was clear, and the moon was bright. I just stopped and sat there and listened to the wind. One set of trees would make one type of sound and another set of trees another. I got this mental picture of God as the maestro of an orchestra conducting the events of nature. I could see him waving his baton and the heavenly host causing the winds to move.
Ok, so maybe God is not a maestro but it makes you wonder how he controls creation. Anyway, while I was sitting there I thought about the verse from John. Actually, I first heard it in the DC Talk song “Mind’s Eye” and learned later that it was scriptural. So, I looked up this verse and this one will make you think.
John 3:8
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.”So what do you think it means by “so it is with everyone born of the Spirit”? Possibly, it means that once you are born again you are on the roller coaster of faith. By that, I mean when you get on a roller coaster you know where you are going to end up, i.e. Heaven, but you don’t know where it is going to take you in the process.
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Sovereignty of God
I awoke Sunday morning thinking about the elections in Iraq. I had seen reports that the polls had opened before I went to sleep Saturday night. I remembered thinking, “I should pray that the elections go well and are safe.”
However, as happens with me many times, I forgot. So after I got up Sunday and remembered the elections, I felt bad because I had forgotten to pray. I almost began to think that if something went wrong it was my fault because I had not prayed.
Then the Lord reminded me that in the grand scheme of things, He does not need me. He chooses to use me and wants to but is not required. His sovereignty trumps our human frailties. His will shall occur regardless of our actions.
That is humbling. It puts you in your place. On the other side, however it is awe-inspiring. God could just wave his hand and accomplish His will, yet he chooses to use these flawed vessels to bring Him glory and to shape those flawed vessels into pure and clean vessels.
