May 21st, 2026
by Pastor Michael Goins
by Pastor Michael Goins
Pursuit to Pentecost - Day 4
Scripture: Acts 2:1-4
Devotional:
"Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.”
Wind and fire. Both untameable. Both transformative. Both dangerous. Both under His command.
The wind filled the house in every corner, every crevice. You cannot negotiate with wind. You cannot decide how much of it enters. When the Holy Spirit comes, He comes to fill. Not a portion of your life. Not your Sunday morning self. He comes for all of it. This is baptism, immersion.
The fire rested personally, “settled on each of them." Not one flame for the group, but a tongue of fire for every individual. The God who sent wind into the whole room also had such a control on the fire that He separated for each one of them. The Holy Spirit is not a general force; He is a personal Presence. He knows your name. He rests on you.
In this moment, still inside the upper room, something was happening that the streets of Jerusalem had not yet seen. The transformation was private before it was public. The fire rested on them before it was ever visible to the crowd. Because… they were in the right place, at the right time, in the right posture.
He commanded the wind where to go and the fire where to divide and sit. What power. And He wants for you to be immersed in Him!
Reflection: Have you allowed the Holy Spirit into every room of your life, not just the presentable ones? Have you received His fire personally, or only observed it in others?
Scripture: Acts 2:1-4
Devotional:
"Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.”
Wind and fire. Both untameable. Both transformative. Both dangerous. Both under His command.
The wind filled the house in every corner, every crevice. You cannot negotiate with wind. You cannot decide how much of it enters. When the Holy Spirit comes, He comes to fill. Not a portion of your life. Not your Sunday morning self. He comes for all of it. This is baptism, immersion.
The fire rested personally, “settled on each of them." Not one flame for the group, but a tongue of fire for every individual. The God who sent wind into the whole room also had such a control on the fire that He separated for each one of them. The Holy Spirit is not a general force; He is a personal Presence. He knows your name. He rests on you.
In this moment, still inside the upper room, something was happening that the streets of Jerusalem had not yet seen. The transformation was private before it was public. The fire rested on them before it was ever visible to the crowd. Because… they were in the right place, at the right time, in the right posture.
He commanded the wind where to go and the fire where to divide and sit. What power. And He wants for you to be immersed in Him!
Reflection: Have you allowed the Holy Spirit into every room of your life, not just the presentable ones? Have you received His fire personally, or only observed it in others?
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