One of the signs that accompanied the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost was “a sound like the blowing of a violent wind [which] came from heaven” (Acts 2:1–2). This symbol is rooted in the Old Testament where wind, breath, and spirit are all expressed by the same Hebrew word: ruach. Ezekiel had a vision in which the powerful wind/breath of God breathed into a valley full of dry bones so that they became a great army (Ezekiel 37). This heralded the time when God would breathe into his church and empower Christians to transform the world. This is what began on the day of Pentecost. The empowering wind of God is blowing. If you want to catch the wind and move with God, then you must do two things: you must un-anchor yourself from the things that keep you from moving forwards and you must raise a sail to catch the wind. We can do this in the same way those first Christians did on the day of Pentecost. “They all joined together constantly in prayer” (Acts 1:14). That is what they were doing when the Spirit blew on them on the day of Pentecost: “[T]hey were all together in one place” praying and worshipping God. They were, in other words, committed to God’s purpose and seeking him. Don’t just wait passively for God to do something. Seek him actively and see how he will empower you.
Ask God to show you what he wants you to let go of and ask him to empower you to fulfil his purpose.
Read Acts 2 again.
