Invisible Protection

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

      While serving on a destroyer in the South Atlantic ocean, I stood in front of the ship's compass.  It was large and stood in the middle of the ship on what was called the torpedo deck.  On either side of the compass were two steel balls about the size of small bowling balls.  They were exactly the same distance on either side of the compass.  The steel balls compensated for the steel that was in the ship and kept the compass accurate.  The magnetic lines of force, while invisible, were there all the time.  Jesus used another invisible force to describe to Nicodemus the work of the Holy Spirit in the process of the new birth.  John 3:7-9 says, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.  The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.  Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?"   

        There are some things in life that we can't see with our physical eyes but we know that they are there because we see the result of what they are doing.  Wind is one thing that we can't see but we certainly see the effects of the wind as it moves branches of trees and sometimes takes the roof off of a building.  The evidence of the wind is all around us but we never see the wind itself.  The same is true in the Christian life.  We never see the Holy Spirit working, but we certainly see the effects of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers.  We can call to mind the verse that describes our bodies as the temple of the Holy Spirit.  Now, we don't see Him but we have been given the assurance that He is in the life of every believer.  Again, the proof is in the pudding, in that we see the effects that the Holy Spirit causes in our lives.  All of this to say that as you go out into the world today, you can have the confidence that there is nothing that you are going to do by yourself.  Oh, it may appear that you are alone, but, if you are a believer, you are always traveling with a companion and He is the Holy Spirit.  So, do you have some tough things to do today?  Be assured that you are not alone.  God is with you as we see in First Corinthians 6:19-20.  Praise God today that He will never leave you nor forsake you. “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”  Heb. 13:5