THE WIND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT by Pastor Fred Wantaate on 3rd Nov 2013
First, He is involved in creation. Genesis 1:2 says, “The earth was without form,
and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters”
There was nothing in it desirable to be seen. It was without form, shapeless, void.
it was full of confusion and emptiness;
It was shapeless, it was useless, it was without inhabitants, without ornaments.
darkness, thick darkness, was upon the face of the deep.
a) This also describes the work of the Spirit in your life and mine.
Our life without God is chaos. Many times like formless mass of water there is
nothing desirable or admirable about us.
The Holy Spirit like wind desires to blow upon our formless, purposeless and empty
lives and bring honor and glory to God
The Spirit of God wants to create in us the personality of Jesus and to breathe into
the formlessness and the void of our life the life of Jesus.
b) God has loaded us with potential and He wants to use it. V. 9
Though not visible until then God was aware of existence and usefulness of the
earth. He not Adam named dry land earth.
It was made to appear, and emerge out of the waters, and was called earth.
Many gifts are buried under the waters of your life and remain unused.
Your life and my life have tremendous potential. But it is the Holy Spirit that
transforms potential into reality.
b) God is a God of order (V. 9-12)
Thus, instead of the confusion which there was when earth and water were mixed in
one great mass, behold, now, there is order.
The waters which had covered the earth could now be used to for trade, farming,
commerce, sport, food,
Order makes us useful to God and man.
Acts 1:8; 2 Timothy 1:7
2. In order to understand the movings of the Holy Spirit as Wind, let us consider
the actions of natural wind.
i) YOU CANNOT PUT THE WIND IN A BOX
The wind blows wherever it wants to blow. You can put air in a box, but once it
stops moving it is no longer wind, it's just air. You can't trap the wind in a box.
When the wind stops blowing in the church, when the Spirit stops moving, then all
we have left is air. Often it's just hot air or religion.
Religion wants a God they can control; they want push the right buttons, pull the
right lever, and get the same results with uninterrupted regularity.
God refuses to be put in a box and told how and when He can move. He is a Spirit,
and the Spirit is like the wind.
ii) WIND IS AN AIR CURRENT CAUSED RISE OF WARM AIR
The sun heats the surface of the earth, warm air rises (because it is lighter) and
cool air fills its space.
It is known when people gather into a room, the temperature of that room rises.
Acts 1:14
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and
Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Acts 2:1-4
The fervent heat of prayer generated by believers provides the right conditions for
the wind of the Holy Spirit.
iii) WIND IS CAUSED BY HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE AREAS
The air flows from a high pressure area to a low pressure area.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One
that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy;
I dwell in the high and holy place,
with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
God will reach down to those with a contrite heart and a humble spirit. This speaks
of genuine repentance, obedience and humility before God.
Mary was a young woman with a contrite heart and a humble spirit.
Acts 5:32
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God
hath given to them that obey him.
Conclusion
We can not create the wind. But we can provide the environment for the Wind of the
Holy Spirit to blow.
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