A Fistful of Wind

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word

 

 2Sa 5:22-25, “Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.  23 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, and He said, "You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees.  24 "And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly. For then the LORD will go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines."  25 And David did so, as the LORD commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer. (2 Sam 5:22-25)

 

The Philistines regroup and amass their troops for a second attempt to defeat Israel, and once again David wisely seeks the Lord as to whether or not he should engage the enemy.  But God gives David an unusual answer. He says, “Don't meet them head on, I want you to circle up behind them and attack them from the mulberry trees.”

 

Further God tells David to hold off the attack until He gives him the signal, and that signal would be the “sound of marching in the mulberry trees.”  Obviously, this would be a very noticeable rustling of the leaves caused by the winds, which (in case you didn’t know it) are enclosed in the fist of God!

 

Pr 30:4 Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is  His name, and what is His Son's name, If you know?

 

By the grace of God we know His name, it is Jehovah. And we know His Son’s name…it is Jesus. He can gather the wind into His fist and He can release it at His will.

 

Go ahead, you try that. Try to gather  just a wisp of a breeze in your hand. How’d you do? You didn’t do!

 

 

The point is, God is God even of the wind and He wants David to rely on Him so David will understand that the battle belongs to the Lord!  Zec 4:6b says, “'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,'”

 

This battle is a great picture of that first Day of Pentecost when Jesus told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they received power from on high and then....”suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.” It was their signal to leave the house and join with God in confronting the enemy with the gospel!

 

So where is the wind of the Spirit today? Where is God moving?

 

I can't answer that for you. All I can tell you to do is hop in the boat and hoist your sails and wait for the wind to come to you. God is just looking for some willing sailors.

 

You might be dead in the water now,  don't panic! Wait for the Lord! Spend this time by prayerfully reading His Word. That way, you'll be ready, willing, and able when the wind blows and the Spirit will take you where He wants you to be.

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s today’s Living Word.