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Blowing in the Wind

 It’s a particularly windy day today in Columbus.  So windy in fact that it reminds me that I need a haircut.   Every time I’ve stepped outdoors my hair has been blown in the wind.  I’ve also noticed the neighborhood dandelions that have gone to seed have all released their seeds (great!) into the wind to repopulate their kind.  If you were wearing a hat today, you might need to hold onto it.  It would be a great day to fly a kite.

So, from the above paragraph, we can deduce that wind has the capacity to: 1) reorder things (like hair), 2) spread things to new locations (like dandelion seeds), 3) get our attention and cause us to react (like holding onto our hat), and 4) take us to new heights and perspectives (such as a kite would experience).

Isn’t this just like the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives, or the life of the Church?   The Spirit reorders things – puts things we’ve thought were in order in a better order, a different order, an order that sometimes feels a bit out of our control.   The Spirit spreads the gospel to new locations (as it did in the book of Acts) and exposes it to new people in new places.  The Spirit gets our attention, causing us to react to God’s directives and desires and not just our own.  And, the Spirit waits to take us to new heights and perspectives in the faith if we will but loosen our grip and go with God.

You can try to harness the wind – for power.  You can use the wind for travel – as in capturing it in a sail.  You can experience the coolness and refreshment of the wind on your person.  The Spirit also brings power or energy to our lives.  The Spirit can move and transfer us to new places.  And the Spirit can bring refreshment to our spirits.

Yet sadly, the Spirit is often the part of the Trinity that we understand the least and emphasize so very little.  It’s like un-harnessed, unnoticed, misunderstood wind. 

Have you ever experienced a day or a place with no wind?  What’s that like?  Stale. Stagnant. Still. Lifeless.   Wouldn’t you rather be blowing in the wind?

Whoosh!

Pastor Dan