Red Letters/Black Letters: Day 84: Let's Get Windy

"The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, 

but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes; 

So is everyone who is born of Spirit." John 3:8

Christians have been called many things over the years, many good, many bad, but I'm not sure if anyone has ever called Christians windy. Some of us have flipflopped as badly as a politician, but blowing where we wish. We have spoken loudly from pulpits and street corners, but you usually now where we are when we make a sound, ok maybe you don't know where the guys with the bullhorns are coming from. But really, have you ever looked at a Christian and thought they were windy? If you consider yourself one, have you ever thought of yourself as windy?

Of course not...which begs the question, should they/we be?

According to this passage we should be, but what does that mean?

Well, let me give you my interpretation. 

Jesus says that everyone who is born of the Spirit will blow where we wish. like the wind. To me this says that Christians should have no barriers, no state lines, no borders. We should blow where the Lord takes us. Sometimes that means the rich man goes to live his life among the lepers. Sometimes it means the kid from the street becomes pastor to thousands. Sometimes it means the beauty queen lays down her life for another. Social standing shouldn't decide where we are willing to go. Nationality shouldn't decide where we are willing to go. The prevailing persuasions shouldn't decide where we go. They shouldn't because God should.

Jesus also says that everyone who is born of the Spirit should be elusive like the wind, never knowing where or when it is coming, though it is accompanied by loud noises. As soon as the wind whistles it is going to smack you in the face or caress the back of your head, the same should be said of us. Those we stand against should never see us coming until we are in their face, and those we are fighting for shouldn't see us coming until we reach out a hand to help them up.

What a couple of crazy thoughts.

+ Do you let outside forces determine what you are willing to do and where you are willing to go for God?

+ How can the work of the kingdom, both offensive and defensive, be more subtle?