Wind!

(Genesis 8:1) “…God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;”

The wind is obvious to all, it cannot be missed! Yet we do not know where it comes from, or where it starts and we have no idea where it will end. Yet God in His Sovereign plan with creation included the wind, and we see that He uses it at times to bring healing and at times to bring judgment. However, we see after the flood when God had judged the world by water He brought a wind to clean up all that was submerged. We also see that the Lord Jesus makes reference to the spiritual birth as a wind when addressing a religious man who thought He was saved but yet was not and still needed salvation. He likens our regeneration to the wind and how it is available for all to witness and yet it only affects some of us as we see His glory and our eyes are opened to see heaven for the first time, heaven’s door is visible and we suddenly have an urgency to enter through that door, even though we may have been brought up in a church going household. We were dead in our trespass and sins until the Lord Jesus said come forth and we saw our sin and our need for a Saviour. We then fell to our knees in repentance and called out to the One who was able to save, praise the name above every other name, praise the One who knew no sin yet the One who died for sinners, yes there was a day when we came face to face with our Saviour, ALL THOSE WHO NOW BELIEVE, God the Spirit has always been around probing the heart of sinners just like the wind, but I recall that day very clearly when that breeze blew and touched my life and opened my eyes to the need of a Saviour and then it happened. If you have been fingered by Him, do you remember that familiarity, are you grateful to your first love? Do you recall what He has done for you, I do and am thankful! Maybe not nearly thankful enough but my love for Him is growing on a daily basis, for this I am thankful. I trust you relationship is fresh and you have embraced Him today, if not then remember He say “Come”, He is not harsh and unapproachable, as I have been with people in my life at times, please forgive me Lord. If sin keeps you from Him it is simple, repent and ask Him for forgiveness, He will forgive you, just turn to Him, He is willing and able.

I have been surrounded by wind on my bike and it has got me thinking, hence me considering the importance of it.

Everything in life in one form or other points to our creator, it declares His majesty, His brilliance and reveals a portion of God’s never ending attributes. They are so vast and have such depths that we could never explore all of His Elements, but that doesn’t mean we must not try! Read the Psalms they filled with glimpses of who He is. God is love, which is not just a casual statement, HE IS LOVE! His character is full of love, yes we see judgments and destruction by God where He brutally destroys the enemy’s who oppose His people. Love has to protect their own. Yet with all His power, consider how a God with the ability to do whatever He chooses, then selects to send His Son to die for those who are His enemies, if that does not floor any doubt that God is Love, then you must not be able to reason soundly. Look at this verse that Paul uses to illustrate this very point; (Romans 5:6-8) “For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die. But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

So to all of you who are battling to see your hope clearly, but you look forward to one day that you will make it to heaven to ever be with the Lord Jesus, remember this, that if God sent His son to die for you while you were His enemy, how much more will He save you by His life, if you belong to Him He will not give up on you, He will get you home. Believe it as it is true.

Signing off

Tyrone