The month of March is known as the windy month. It is the time of year that you see children who have been inside all winter bursting outdoors with their kites ready to enjoy the first days of warmer weather. Spring, in general, is also known as tornado season in parts of the United States. The warm tropical air pushing its way up from the south clashes with the cooler air coming from the north. The two air masses usually collide over the mid west or southern states producing violent tornadoes.

Talk about the wind and everyone knows what you are talking about. We have all experienced it first hand. Whether it be a cool gentle breeze on a hot day, a gusty wind carrying a kite high into the air or the destructive winds of a tornado or hurricane. However, ask someone to explain the wind and he will probably find it hard to do so. Meteorologists (people who study the weather) are certainly more qualified than most to answer questions about the wind yet there is much that even they do not understand.

The Greek word "pneuma" translated for "wind" in the Bible is also translated as "spirit" and is many times used to refer to the Holy Spirit. Jesus used this in talking to Nicodemus in John chapter three verse eight. Jesus said, "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." Certainly, Jesus fully understood all the principles about the wind and weather and He knew that men could relate physical principles to spiritual ones. In Luke 12:55-56 Jesus again used principles about the wind and weather to demonstrate a spiritual truth.

The Holy Spirit's work in salvation is similar to the wind in this way. The wind that you feel is a result of different atmospheric pressures and temperatures. For instance, as the sun shines on the earth it does so unequally. This causes adjacent regions of the earth (such as land and oceans)to have different temperatures and thus different pressures. The air from a higher pressure area will move toward an area of lower pressure and this motion is called wind. John 8:12 says, "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." As the light of the Son of God shines on a lost person's life, things begin to 'heat up' so to speak. Conditions are now favorable for the Spirit to blow over that person's life with conviction. This wind can produce very tempestuous storms. However, when the Spirit's work is done, the Master of the wind speaks a word and even the wind obeys His voice. "Peace, be still" the Master cries and the wind subsides. The Savior has brought salvation in the midst of the storm.