In John 3 we find the interaction between Jesus and Nicodemus. Nicodemus is confused recognizing that Jesus has come from God but not fully understanding some of the things He has said and done. Jesus says that Nicodemus and all people have to be born again. Nicodemus is thinking physically and thinking of how impossible that it is but Jesus is focused spiritually. As Nicodemus continues pondering, Jesus points to the wind. He says that you can’t see the wind and you don’t always know where it starts or where it is going. You can, however, feel and see the effects of the wind and in the same way, you can see and feel the effects of the Holy Spirit at work in the life of a believer.
In Acts 2, we see the disciples sitting in the room when the Holy Spirit falls on them. The Bible tells us that they began speaking in foreign languages as the Spirit enabled them. If we are going to be about the work of Christ in our community we must remember that it is in the power and enabling of the Holy Spirit that we will be effective in carrying out the mission and message of Jesus Christ. We can’t see the Holy Spirit but we can see the effects of Him in the life of individual Christians and Body of Christ as a whole. The people who heard the message were amazed and transformed while others were skeptical, thinking that the disciples were drunk. Still others were cut to the heart and the Lord added daily those who were being saved. We can see and experience the same results today if we are faithful and obedient to what the Lord Jesus Christ gives us to do.