With the Wind

We're spending a few days at the coast.  I was out running this morning when I saw a flock of pelicans flying just overhead.  Flying in a "V" they were really gliding more than they were flapping their wings.  As a watched them as I ran down the seawall, it got me to thinking.  They were not trying to fight against the wind that blew in from the Gulf.  Instead, they were gliding along with it.  They knew the wind would take them to their destination.  In the New Testament, the word we translate Spirit is pneuma or wind.  When the wind of the Spirit blows over our lives, we would be best served if we just go with it.  We know that when we follow the Spirit's leading we will end up where we need to be. What happens often times is that we waste all of our energy fighting against the Spirit, trying to end up where we want to go and end up going nowhere.  Follow the Spirit today and just see where you end up.