• ACTS 2:1-2 ‘Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting’

• DAILY READING – John 9:1-23; 2 Chronicles 6; Malachi 2:17-3:18

There is a science research facility located in Arizona named Biosphere 2. This facility is the largest closed system ever created.  Its mission is to serve as a center for learning about Earth and its living systems. 

As part of their research, for two years, scientists sequestered themselves in this artificial environment of Biosphere 2. Inside their self-sustaining community, the scientists created a number of mini-environments, including a desert, rain forest, even an ocean. Nearly every weather condition could be simulated except one; Wind.  Over time, the effects of their windless environment became apparent. The trees inside Biosphere 2 grew rapidly, more rapidly than they did outside of the dome, but they also fell over before reaching maturity. A number of acacia trees before being fully grown, bent over and snapped. After looking at the root systems and outer layers of bark, the scientists came to realize that a lack of wind in Biosphere 2 was the cause of the problem. Without the stress of wind to strengthen the wood, tree trunks grew weak and could not hold up their own weight.  In other words, the trees needed the wind in order to thrive. 

Indeed Wind is essential for growth and progress on the earth. The wind moves ships, empowers engines, drives windmills, and disperses pollution from the earth. In fact, if no wind were blowing, there would be no movement.  

In the same way we  need the wind of The Holy Ghost in our lives to make progress. 

In Genesis 2:7, when God formed man, He formed him perfectly. But man had no breath in his lungs until God breathed the breath of life into him. Likewise,  when the Church was assembled on the Day of Pentecost, it had no power until the Holy Spirit breathed into that assembly. When the wind of The Spirit came, the power of God fell upon 120 disciples, and they became an empowered, mighty force. 

Without the wind of The Spirit every life remains spiritually dormant and stagnant. It is only when He begins to move in our lives that we can record growth and progress. It doesn’t matter how exotic your environment, if you lack the wind of The Spirit, it is only a matter of time before things start depreciating around you. Without the wind of The Spirit blowing in our lives through constant prayer we soon grow weak. A prayer-less Christian is indeed a powerless Christian. 

Acts 2:1-4  says ” Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.” 

When the Wind of the Spirit begins to blow, it will birth personal revival in your life. The wind will blow away every vestige of carnality and bring you to a place of mighty manifestation of the power of God. The Wind of the Spirit will release Holy fire that will birth purity and a profound expression of the Life of Christ through us. 

It is therefore time to engage the wind of The Spirit for a forceful turnaround. Things must begin to work, our lives must go forward!  And that will happen, when we take up the responsibility of maintaining a strong prayer life. Through constant prayer the wind of The Spirit will bring signs and wonders into our lives. . 

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the movement of The Holy Spirit that comes to empower me to go forward and do exploits on earth. I need the wind of Your Spirit to begin to blow like never before in my life , so that my course can be changed from mere drifting to supernatural progress  in Jesus Name. .
QUOTE :

Until you cry out in the place of prayer certain things won’t happen 

 WORDBITE 222. 

 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]