Hello, I’m Daniel Westfall on the channel “Pray With Me”.
Does the spirit blow through your life like a wind?
After telling Nicodemus he needed a repeat birth experience, Jesus said, “The wind blows where it wants. You hear it, but you can’t tell where it comes from and where it’s going. That’s what people born of the spirit are like” (John 3:8).
The spirit-led life: windy, winding, unpredictable.
Many winds blow through my life. Winter blizzards dump snow on my sidewalk. Winds of change frustrate and irritate me. Winds of temptation invite lust, anger, and laziness. Sometimes, winds of doubt. James said, “The one who doubts is like an ocean wave, driven and tossed by the wind” (James 1:3).
And sometimes there’s a wind of the spirit. Gentle, encouraging, convicting; a wind that guides me as a Jesus-follower.
What winds blow in your life?
After telling Nicodemus about the wind of the spirit, Jesus commented on Nicodemus’ night-time visit. He said, “Whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that what they do will be visible and clear” (John 3:21).
Wow. Strong rebuke. Jesus is asking Nicodemus, “Why are you looking for truth in the dark of night? Come out into the open. Like me.”
Jesus lived large in the light of day, in the light of God.
Wind and light. Two characteristics of Jesus-followers. Two things for Nicodemus to think about.
Let’s pray.
O God, on day one of creation you said, “Let there be light.” When you sent Jesus into our dark world, you said, “In him is life, and that life is the light of humankind” (John 1:4).
We are like Nicodemus, steeped in religion, steeped in our traditional way of interpreting scripture, running our lives on auto-pilot.
Send the wind of your spirit to blow away the mists that fog our minds and the sloth that keeps us from service. Send the light of Jesus to drive out the darkness within us, and the darkness around us.
With John Greenleaf Whittier we pray,
Blow, winds of God, awake and blow
The mists of earth away.
Shine out, O light divine and show
How far and wide we stray.
Amen.
I’m Daniel, on the channel “Pray with Me”.
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