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It has to be more than a happy accident that in both Hebrew and Greek—the languages our Bible was written in—the same word in each has the same three meanings. In the Hebrew, ruach means spirit, wind, and breath. The context dictates which word best fits. Think of Adam, the newly formed clay figure of Genesis 2: The Lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Life has a way of requiring all there is of us and calling for more. The people around us—even those who love us and whom we treasure—take and take and take, then ask for more. Unless we are constantly being replenished, we soon find ourselves spent and exhausted, with nothing more to offer.
Toward the end of his life, H. Wells concluded this was true of mankind as a whole, that we are played out, the world is jaded and without power to recover, and the only philosophy that makes sense is a disinterested cynicism. Early in Romans, the Apostle Paul chronicles the depths of depravity and rebellion mankind has descended into over the centuries. Then, when it seems that we are utterly destitute and without hope, he writes: But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us Romans 5: Nearly a half-century ago, Scottish pastor extraordinaire James S.
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 the Spirit John 3: Never has there been a time, never a moment, when the Spirit of God has not been actively at work. Just as it is impossible to control the wind or dictate its direction, so no man, no Church, can domesticate the Spirit of God.
He makes Himself evident, His presence felt. You know the living God is at work in this place. We do not know what God has been doing before beginning His work at this point and in this place, only that He has. You cannot tell where He is liable to carry you.
Whatever else that says, it surely speaks to us of the incredible Force which is the Spirit of God in this world. A Resource for believers beyond all measure. His sight for our blindness. His supply for our need.
Some years ago, I was on a plane flying to New York City when the captain came on the intercom. The Spirit of the Lord says, My wind is beginning to blow upon the body of Christ.
I will build a new house with walls of truth and I will place my chosen leadership to be servants as stewards over my household. The ideas of equality that men have embraced are not the same as Mine. Those who have assumed positions that I have not called them to occupy will be removed. Also those that have been appointed by men will also be dealt with and removed or relocated. I am setting up my kingdom with my wisdom and order.
The brain is locked in a bone vault the skull and we must lock it away - "crucify" our natural, carnal mind, refusing to use it to figure out what God is doing or saying. It says very clearly in Acts chapter 4 they were all filled with the Holy Spirit as they were in a prayer meeting: Just a few words can turn a wholesome environment into a miasma one, or vice versa. We see these symbolic similarities in the Song of Songs. When I read that I am the salt of the earth and the light of the world, it often is a stirring wind from God that reminds me to live and walk in my God appointed destiny.
The equality man seeks is sought by demanding their own rights; however, those who seek their own ways will be as straw nests in the wind. Am I not the God of true equality?
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, And the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished In whirlwind and storm is His way, And clouds are. Your Sons and Daughters Shall Prophesy: Prophesy on Wind of God. The following prophetic words were given to Betty Miller by the Holy Spirit on December 23, which was shared with the local church. The Spirit of the Lord says, My wind is beginning to blow upon the body of.
Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: In my scheme of authority and order, I place men whom I have called and trained to positions of leadership for the good of all my people.
I am going to do a new thing as I authorize my five-fold ministry servants to begin leading in a new direction.
I will simultaneously direct My body to follow their guidance and leadership. Rebellion will not remain in my house. I am no respecter of persons. All who have rebellion will be dealt with.
Pray that you might be delivered from this evil as well as the pride that promotes it. I am a respecter of one thing — that is my Word. If a man keeps My words, he will find favor with me, if he rejects or breaks my Word he will suffer for his own sin unless he comes to Me for forgiveness and cleansing.
Some are suffering because they are ignorant of My word, because My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge Hosea 4: Others are rejecting My Word because they desire their own way over my way. What a man sows he shall reap Galatians 6: Unless men yield to the rights that I have established for them, they are destroyed seeking their own way. The strongholds of tradition must also be broken over my people if my work is to progress.
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.