April 3 WHEN THE SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT:  THE WIND OF HIS SPIRIT

John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”

The Hebrew word for the Spirit is ruach, translated “the intimate breath of God,” and the Greek is pneuma, “the wind of His Spirit.”  Birth from above cannot be manipulated or programmed; it is a gift given in God’s own way and time, an act of sovereign grace.  It is a birth as mysterious as the wind, which comes and goes as it wishes; unseen, yet it is very real! Jesus has used a common, earthly reality to illuminate spiritual truth.  He has spoken of birth, then water, and now wind; this breath of God brings life with a fresh wind and it’s according to His gracious purpose.

Natosha Harris