Do you feel the wind of Change? Do you see the Glory Clouds?
The wind in nature is the air in motion.
It can be a gentle breeze to refresh you from a hot day, and a main attraction as external elements become noticeable. You will see grass sway in one direction; leaves take flight, beautiful kites saluting the skies, nautical sails befriending their own bodies of water, and unwarranted debris landing at your front door.
A gentle wind is more inviting than a forcible one.
Air or wind that is blown by a violent force will disregard your lack of preparation. It will accomplish its task to bring about change in the environment. We see the damages that a tornado causes both physically, and emotionally. Homes are destroyed, and often renovation is needed, but the windstorm at times causes casualties.
The Holy Spirit is much like the wind, it is the Son (Jesus) and the Father moving to bring about change in us. At times it is a gentle transformation.
We notice it internally as we become the main attraction. It is manifested as we walk more in Faith, and not by sight. It is fueled by our prayers being in line with the will of GOD for our lives, and begins to take flight in a supernatural way.
But there are other times when GOD’s gentleness has been abused or ignored. We no longer respond to the tender unction of the Holy Spirit. We no longer listen to wise counsel, or discern the wind of change that is needed in our lives to catapult us into our next promise. So the storm or storms begin to manifest.
We lack understanding, because we are not prepared for the external elements that affect our internal progress. We do not always realize that the storm should cause us to cast out what we do not need for the journey to gain control of our vessel, or to just stay the course that the LORD has already given us.
Paul experienced this kind of storm;
Acts 27 NIV
13. When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had obtained what they wanted; so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete. 14. Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the “northeaster,” swept down from the island. 15. The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along. 16. As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure. 17. When the men had hoisted it aboard, they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along. 18. We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard. 19. On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. 20. When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.
If you read further you will find in verses 21-26; Paul stood before the men and said, “You should have taken my advice and not sailed from Crete; then you would have spared yourselves and this damage and loss.” He encouraged them to not be afraid, and to be courageous. Paul also said, “Last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve stood beside me and said, ‘Do not be afraid.”
Paul confessed his Faith in GOD to the men who did not listen to his counsel.
We will sometimes find ourselves going through a storm just because we are connected with certain people, and suffer the same outcome. We will also take others through unnecessary losses like family, and friends. Sometimes parents take their children through avoidable storms, because they did not listen to wise counsel or the gentle wind of the Holy Spirit.
Paul made it very clear that the ship will be wrecked, but their lives will be spared.
The wind of Change operates just like that. What may be hindering you from taking flight and sailing to your next destination will have to be destroyed, or you may have to break away to receive the help from the LORD.
That is the purpose of his Glory Cloud. He will drive out the enemy to protect, to transition, and to transform you for his name’s sake.
Let the wind of Change blow freely and gently, because it feels so good to arrive safely to your destination.
Selah!
Deuteronomy 33 NIV
26. “There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens to help you and on the clouds in his majesty. 27. The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, ‘Destroy him!’ 8. So Israel will live in safety alone; Jacob’s spring is secure in a land of grain and new wine, where the heavens drop dew.
The wind in nature is the air in motion.
It can be a gentle breeze to refresh you from a hot day, and a main attraction as external elements become noticeable. You will see grass sway in one direction; leaves take flight, beautiful kites saluting the skies, nautical sails befriending their own bodies of water, and unwarranted debris landing at your front door.
A gentle wind is more inviting than a forcible one.
Air or wind that is blown by a violent force will disregard your lack of preparation. It will accomplish its task to bring about change in the environment. We see the damages that a tornado causes both physically, and emotionally. Homes are destroyed, and often renovation is needed, but the windstorm at times causes casualties.
The Holy Spirit is much like the wind, it is the Son (Jesus) and the Father moving to bring about change in us. At times it is a gentle transformation.
We notice it internally as we become the main attraction. It is manifested as we walk more in Faith, and not by sight. It is fueled by our prayers being in line with the will of GOD for our lives, and begins to take flight in a supernatural way.
But there are other times when GOD’s gentleness has been abused or ignored. We no longer respond to the tender unction of the Holy Spirit. We no longer listen to wise counsel, or discern the wind of change that is needed in our lives to catapult us into our next promise. So the storm or storms begin to manifest.
We lack understanding, because we are not prepared for the external elements that affect our internal progress. We do not always realize that the storm should cause us to cast out what we do not need for the journey to gain control of our vessel, or to just stay the course that the LORD has already given us.
Paul experienced this kind of storm;
Acts 27 NIV
13. When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had obtained what they wanted; so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete. 14. Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the “northeaster,” swept down from the island. 15. The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along. 16. As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure. 17. When the men had hoisted it aboard, they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along. 18. We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard. 19. On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. 20. When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.
If you read further you will find in verses 21-26; Paul stood before the men and said, “You should have taken my advice and not sailed from Crete; then you would have spared yourselves and this damage and loss.” He encouraged them to not be afraid, and to be courageous. Paul also said, “Last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve stood beside me and said, ‘Do not be afraid.”
Paul confessed his Faith in GOD to the men who did not listen to his counsel.
We will sometimes find ourselves going through a storm just because we are connected with certain people, and suffer the same outcome. We will also take others through unnecessary losses like family, and friends. Sometimes parents take their children through avoidable storms, because they did not listen to wise counsel or the gentle wind of the Holy Spirit.
Paul made it very clear that the ship will be wrecked, but their lives will be spared.
The wind of Change operates just like that. What may be hindering you from taking flight and sailing to your next destination will have to be destroyed, or you may have to break away to receive the help from the LORD.
That is the purpose of his Glory Cloud. He will drive out the enemy to protect, to transition, and to transform you for his name’s sake.
Let the wind of Change blow freely and gently, because it feels so good to arrive safely to your destination.
Selah!
Deuteronomy 33 NIV
26. “There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens to help you and on the clouds in his majesty. 27. The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, ‘Destroy him!’ 8. So Israel will live in safety alone; Jacob’s spring is secure in a land of grain and new wine, where the heavens drop dew.
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