What “Mighty Wind” represents

Jesus said to Nicodemus in John 3:7-8, “Do not be surprised that I have told you, ‘You must be born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].’ The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

The invisible, yet always present power of the Holy Spirit is sometimes expressed as wind (or breath) in the scriptures. The evidence of being a true believer in Christ is the presence of the Holy Spirit. Paul says in Ephesians 1:13-14, “In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned and protected [by God]. The Spirit is the guarantee [the first installment, the pledge, a foretaste] of our inheritance until the redemption of God’s own [purchased] possession [His believers], to the praise of His glory.”

1 John 5:11-12 says, “And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.”

The moment you become born again, you have the seal of the Holy Spirit living within you! You have God’s assurance of not only eternal salvation, but also the guarantee of His Spirit 24/7 to help guide you every step of the way throughout your entire life here and now.