LIKE A MIGHTY RUSHING WIND
The power of WIND is unmatched!!
In seconds, it can bring devastating destruction, but it also powers windmills that produce energy that generates electricity. It keeps the air from becoming stagnant and it cools us down. It propelled the first explorers across the ocean.
Wind can't be seen, but its effects sure can be felt and heard!!
Luke writes that "When the day of Pentecost came, the called out ones were all together in one place, when suddenly a sound like a rushing, mighty windcame from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting." (Acts 2:1,2)
The word suddenly in the Greek, means just that, suddenly - they were taken off guard - it was a surprise - it was totally unexpected. They were waiting for The Holy Spirit to come, just like Jesus had commanded them to do, but they weren't expecting Him to come like He came!!!
The word sound in the Greek text describes the DEAFENING ROAR OF THE SEA.
The word rushing in the Greek text paints a picture of something being driven downwards VERY loudly.
The word mighty in the Greek text is better translated VIOLENT.
The word wind in the Greek text describes a wind SO LOUD that everyone instinctively covers their ears because the noise is so overpowering.
When The Holy Spirit came He was STRONGLY FELT!!! There was no mistaking that He'd arrived!!!!!! The house SHOOK!!! And along with the wind, there was what looked like tongues of fire on top of everyone’s head!! And then everyone began to speak in languages that they’d never learned!!! Their voices were so loud, that the people on the street below that had come to Jerusalem from every nation, were amazed to hear their individual languages declaring the wonders of God!!! The Holy Spirit released an explosive power that day strong enough to transform one hundred and twenty Jesus followers into a mighty force for GOD, that quite literally changed the world!!! When God made Adam he was lifeless until GOD BREATHED into Him!!! Likewise when the called out ones came together in one place, they too had no power to do what they were destined to do - UNTIL GOD, in the person of THE HOLY SPIRIT, BREATHED on them!!! With a LOUD BOOM the POWER OF GOD resided in them enabling them to bring the story of JESUS to the nations!!!
When The Holy Spirit is welcomed, He pours out unmatched, undeniable power that SHAKES the house, that TRANSFORMS hearts both inside and outside the walls of the church!!!
When The Holy Spirit is welcomed, He SUPPLIES US WITH A SUPERNATURAL ENERGY that EMPOWERS US to do what we could not naturally do on our own!!!
Holy Spirit... sweep over Haiti like a mighty rushing wind...from the youngest to the oldest...from the north to the south...from the east to the west...BREATHE on this broken nation!!!!
In and of ourselves we can't do anything to bring change to this place that many have cast aside as hopeless - there are no programs, no initiatives, no human solutions - so Holy Spirit INVADE our hearts and INVADE this nation in an unmistakable way to usher in a transformation that will cause the world to sit up and take notice!!!
Holy Spirit...we welcome you!!!!
TRANSFORM this valley of dry bones into a MASSIVE ARMY that will raise their swords and cut the enemy down at his knees!!!!
RAISE UP Peter's and POUR YOUR POWER into their hearts and YOUR WORDS into their mouths!!!!
Holy Spirit...come and BREATHE on all of us today...FILL US to overflowing with undeniable, unmatched, explosive power that will empower us to tell THE STORY OF ALL STORIES to your broken world!!!!
YES and AMEN!!!!
AH, what our GOD has in store for Haiti is MIND BLOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Busting with expectation,
M & S