Blown Into The Windy City
March 11, 2006 11:50 pmAnnouncement: Planting the Chicago International Christian Church
“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.” John 3:8
In Syracuse we have a saying: “If you don’t like the weather, just wait - it will change.” Recently, my wife Theresa experienced this first-hand while driving to meet women from our church. In the beginning of the 20-minute drive, the winds were calm and the sun was shining brightly. Within minutes everything changed. Suddenly strong winds were accompanied by heavy rain that turned into pelting ice! Immediately Theresa and Jocelyn Graham, a single woman in our church, began to pray in loud voices as they considered God’s awesome display of power. They recognized that when God wants to change something, it will change quickly! We are charged to “keep in step with the Spirit” but just as the origin and destination of the wind are unknown to the one who feels it, similarly the life of “everyone born of the Spirit” is unexplainable by ordinary reasoning. Its outcome is unpredictable, yet its reality is undeniable.
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