Blown Away From The Bunker Day 16

Who's tripping down the streets of the city

Smilin' at everybody she sees

Who's reachin' out to capture a moment

Everyone knows it's Windy

And Windy has stormy eyes

That flash at the sound of lies

And Windy has wings to fly

Above the clouds (above the clouds)

Above the clouds (above the clouds)

By the Associations

Last night would have made Dorthy think she wasn’t in Kansas anymore. The howl all night long  was enough to keep you from sleeping. Wait that’s exactly what happened. Porthos and I have been out of bed (up earlier) since 4:30 am. But as the song says we are reaching out to capture a moment. 

Wind is an extraordinary phenomenon. “Wind is caused by differences in the atmospheric pressure. When a difference in atmospheric pressure exists, air moves from the higher to the lower pressure area, resulting in winds of various speeds. On a rotating planet, air will also be deflected by the Coriolis effect, except exactly on the equator.” Wikipedia. Ecclesiastes 1:6 puts it this way, “The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns”.  Now I understand that,  however, whether science or poetry it is still a mystery.

The scripture speaks of wind 135 times. The Old Testament often refers to God as its originator. As in Genesis 1, “God caused a wind to blow across the face of the deep.” This doesn’t discount the science, it just acknowledges God’s power over the wind. We see it again in the Gospels when Jesus  caused the wind to subside, affirming his deity. The mystery of the wind is coupled with the mystery of salvation in Jesus’ statement to Nicodemus, 

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:7

Being born of the Spirit is a mystery. How does it happen? What is faith? How come one person believes and another not? What does it mean to be filled with the spirit? And what and how does the Spirit give spiritual gifts? How do you really walk in the Spirit? And what are these things called the manifestations of the Spirit? There is good reason why an unbelieving world thinks we are “trippin’” through the streets of the city. 

Think about it. You are born of the Spirit (if the spirit of God lives in you). You live by the Spirit, walk by the Spirit, and are gifted by the Spirit. You can grieve the Spirit by not living according to the Spirit’s fruits. What’s wonderful is that we hear the Spirit’s voice because we are his children, the sheep of his pasture.

So, one of these days, when all is said and done, no more virus, no more pain, no more suffering then we will hear, “the Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.” Revelation 22:17. What a glorious day! Until then hold on to your hat ‘cause we be trippin down the streets of the city smilin’ at everybody we meet telling the good news of Jesus. I’m just saying…

Blown Away From the Bunker Day 16