I learned a new word yesterday as I was studying from 2 Peter 3. In this chapter, Peter is warning his readers not to start believing that God’s promises were not true just because they hadn’t come about as of yet. Obviously this was in direct reference to “The Day of the Lord.” Since that time, many have joined the ranks of those who doubt and believe that “The Day of the Lord” came about with the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD and from that point on, everything has just moved along routinely without the threat of God’s judgment or the hope of His return. In the study of geology this is called Uniformitarianism. It means that the same processes that have occurred in the past will continue to occur and nothing new will happen.

I know many folks who have this mindset. They are like huge rocks and don’t want to be moved. They don’t like change, they want things to be the same today as it was ten years ago (with a few exceptions like cars, microwaves, big screen TV’s, i-pods, cell phones, etc). But they don’t want their job to change, their house to change, their church to change or the disciplines needed to stay close to God.

Just as God is not the author of confusion, He is not the author of spiritual Uniformitarianism. He is the author of change. When we come to Christ, there should be a huge change. Even if we weren’t drunks, drug addicts, murderers, abusers, etc, there should be a major change in our life when we come to Him! Our desires should change, our thinking should change and who knows what else God wants to change. He wants to renew, restore, and regenerate us!

Another thought I had was that in the Old Testament, the phrase for the Holy Spirit (God) was “The Holy Wind.” In the New Testament, God the Spirit is referred to as “breath.”

Then in John 3:8 we are told that the Spirit of God works much like the wind in nature. We don’t know where it comes from or where it will blow to. It blows wherever it pleases.

Sounds to me like following after God will bring about a lot of change. So, if any two days or any two events (like church on Sunday) are ever the same perhaps we haven’t followed the Wind!

Always in Pursuit!