A Mighty Wind

Went to see Jim Wallis (author of God's Politics and The Great Awakening) give a great speech last night at First United Methodist. Liked a lot of what he had to say, but especially his challenge to those of us who think that the right candidate can change everything. As someone who lives in Washington and spends time on the Hill, Jim described the posture of most politicians as one wet finger in the air, testing to see which way the wind is blowing. "You don't make change by replacing one wet fingered politician with another one," he said, "you change which way the wind is blowing."

His point is right on and I'm not here to dispute it, just to refine it. The word used for the Spirit of God in the Bible can be translated as Spirit or breath or wind. I believe that the Spirit of God moves like the wind. I don't believe that we can change it as much as we are called to move along with it and be changed by it. Our job, as Christians, is to discern which way God's wind is blowing, to be caught up in it, and blown away.