WIND FOR YOUR SAILS 121
After the services people come up to say, "This was the
most powerful meeting I have ever been in!" It's as if the
Holy Spirit has honored the service because He is such a
welcomed guest.
During that same crusade, Pastor Colin, my interpreter,
came to me just after a morning teaching session on the
Holy Spirit with nearly two thousand preachers. He began
to sob. Then he lifted his head from his hands and said with
great emotion, "Dear Brother, I know so little about the
Holy Spirit. I feel like I'm in kindergarten." He was
overcome with the reality of the message.
At other times I've seen an interpreter stop right in the
middle of my message and begin to cry uncontrollably.
That's the power of the Spirit.
What happens in a service can happen to you right
where you are. That's why I am asking you to surrender
totally to the Spirit. You'll begin to understand what Paul
means when he says: "Be filled with the Spirit... speaking
to one another in psalms... singing and making melody in
your heart to the Lord... giving thanks always... to God
the Father." And you'll know why he says, "Submit to one
another" (Eph. 5:18-21).
A Second Wind
Are you ready for God's heavenly breeze to fill your
sails? It starts with salvation when you confess your sin and
commit your life to follow Jesus as Lord and Savior. Even
Christ talked about the wind when He talked about
redemption. He told Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish
ruling council, "Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must
be born again.' 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 3:7-8).