The Spirit Blows

Scripture/Bible:  Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.' 8 The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit." 9 Nicode'mus said to him, "How can this be?" 10 Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand this? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life." John 3:7-15

Reflection:  This is sheer madness; imagine the world where everyone does what they want? Yet the world operates on this same principle; do what you want and feel like doing. 

In this church too we could have a situation where each one does what they want. But fortunately one of the strongest element of Christian faith is to seek God’s will in total discernment. But every discerned act in submission to the mission of the church is like the action of the wind; we don’t know where it comes from and where it goes.

In the ruling or administrative class the people who will be the most insecure would be the ones with a socialist mind set, who think that by controlling people there will be peace and unity in society. These are people who are comfortable with uniformity and deduce that it will bring about peace and unity. 

These will rather thrive on creating fear even ruling in an atmosphere of twisted fear with an outwardly freedom which is always deceptive.   As long as things are subjected to them even by means of mere information or permission it is considered safe, no matter what abuses may take place.

The trust in self is more than trust in God.

On the other hand those who value the working of the Holy Spirit believe that God is still at work by the action of the Holy Spirit and only seeks to discern and promote the action of the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus refers to as the wind.

Just as the wind “blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes” so also the working of the Holy Spirit.

But rejecting this working of the Holy Spirit in the Christian milieu many have gone in search of the illusory Holy Spirit in other religions.  This is a sheer mockery of the faith.

Some have even become instruments of persecution and have sought their best to quench the working of the Holy Spirit by every means available at their disposal.

Prayer: Lord, may I be faithful to your teachings.

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