Moving Against the Spirit

As I was walking home from work today, I realized just how powerful the wind the can be. With each step, I was fighting a forceful breeze that tried to prevent me from advancing forward. The amount of strength that it took was more than imaginable. About half way home, I realized a very important life lesson - the wind is very much like the Spirit.

The Spirit is moving, but so many times we try to walk our own direction, rather than walk with the Spirit. Do you know how much strength and extra energy this takes? We become frustrated with life because we feel like we are not advancing, we are moving nowhere.

Today's mini-lesson reminded me that it is during these times that we need to stop and ask God to show us where He is moving so we can be swept up in His movement. The journey is much smoother when we are willing to follow Him!