Beautiful Sons Beautiful Daughters

The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."  John 3:8

Have you ever listened to the wind on a quiet afternoon when you’re sitting in the privacy of your home?  Have you listened to its strength, its fierceness as it blows against the house?  Have you listened for what it has to say?  Have you listened to its screams, its cries? Have you wondered where it came from or where it is going?  Have you felt its omnipotence as it surrounds your house?

The sons and daughters of the Most High God!  I marvel at them!  The beauty of God they display!  The mystery of the Holy Spirit they emanate!  While the world glitters with gold and fame, the children of God, the anointed ones, quietly but stunningly shine like stars in the universe against a blackened sin-ridden, dark world!  What breathtaking power they contain!  What hope radiates from their hearts as heaven dances about them.  If their suffering hearts only knew!!!...what awaits them…what surrounds them…what enfolds them in every moment.  Praise awaits you oh Zion, City of God!  Bride Eternal!

Everyone born of the Spirit is blown about by a mysterious wind…the Holy Spirit.  You may not be able to tell where they are coming from or where they are going.  You may harshly judge, falsely accuse, inaccurately critique, but mark my words…or better yet, His words, “the wind blows…you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going, so it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

It is so easy to harshly judge our own actions or the actions of others.  Sometimes it might be necessary to take a step back and look at our brothers and sisters in Christ, and ourselves and realize that the Holy Spirit is doing a mighty, eternal, mysterious work in each one of us.  It might be necessary to take a step back and instead of judging the pilgrimage of others we might invite God to reveal the amazing secrets He has in store for the hurting persons that offend us.  

“the Lord will perfect that which concerns me”

"but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me"  

Sin is the struggle of every man.  Hurt is the burden that we all carry.  Our souls magnify Him in one breath and agonize with Him in the next.  It’s called living in a fallen world.  Our faith is a journey and an act of war.  No brother or sister is exempt.  We may look upon another or even ourselves and see chaos, confusion, poor decisions or “unusual choices”.  But mark His words, “everyone born of the Spirit…cannot tell where they come from or where they are going”.

“judge not lest ye be judge”

"He must increase, I must decrease"

Do you have a son or a daughter?  Think of the work you are investing in them.  Think of the hope you have for them.  Yes, you know every fault, every blunder…but what they are becoming!...Magnificent!

Magnificent are the holy ones, the chosen people of God, the kingdom of priests born from above, those that carry His Majesty, the Ambassadors of an invisible, eternal Kingdom!  Dare not dwell upon their flesh but instead marvel at who they are and what they are to become…in this life and in the life to come.

They are blown by a mighty and mysterious wind that does not blow against physical houses as mentioned above.  They are blown by the Holy Spirit!  They contain the power of the Most High God…the power that, like the early apostles contained, has the potential to “turn the world upside down”.  Mighty are the glorious sons and daughters of Israel.  Let them march and go forth in Christ Jesus, calling upon the Spirit of God and the gifts of God they have been given.

“not by might, nor by power, but by His Spirit”

Do you feel it?  Do you sense it?  The power of His Spirit…the only force to overcome the treachery of this world…follow it…trust it...trust Him…ask Him to show you the beauty of walking in His Spirit.  Ask Him to show you the beauty of His people who surround you…it’s easy to see their faults…ask Him to show you their magnificence…their glory…their radiance…the magnificence, the glory, the radiance that comes only from Him, Christ our King!

“love those who hate you”…I’m talking about those in the Body of Christ.