Wild Goose Chase

John Scotland has written a brilliant blog article on the Holy Spirit called the Wild Goose Chase. I present it here for those who have not come across John before. In his chase of this “Wild Goose” John has become a controversial figure. However his ministry has touched many, including myself. Bob Lipsys – Australia.

Wild Goose Chase by John Scotland
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The Celtic Christians had a name for the Holy Spirit, they called him the “Wild Goose”. The name gives us a hint of the mysterious nature of the third member of the Godhead.

A wild goose, (hence the name Wild) cannot be tamed. So it is with the Holy Spirit, he is unpredictable, and you never know where you are going to end up if you start chasing him, but unlike the name suggests, it is not a pointless chase.

The present day church have this mind set that to follow the Spirit is pointless, and regard it is a wild goose chase in the traditional sense of the concept.
They try to fit God into the confines of their thinking, and the grey matter that surrounds their understanding of the Spirit cp. Prov. 3:5.

The Spirit of God cannot be tracked or tamed, there is always an element of danger in the air and unpredictability, when you seek to take up the chase and follow Him.
We have tried in vain to clip the wings of the wild goose and as a result, have ended up settling for something far less than what God originally intended for us.
Hence the reason why so many people are bored with church service, its endless programs and upbeat music, often a substitute for the Spirits Presence, which cannot and will not replace the thrill of the chase, when it comes to following the leading of the Spirit of God in our personal lives.

Jesus when answering Nicodemus, incidentally, a religious leader of the jews, was surprised that He Nicodemus, did not understand this principle of the wild goose, and told Nicodemus that the Spirit was like the wind, “you don’t know where it comes from and you don’t know where it goes”. John 3:8.

If you chase the Wild Goose, he will take you to places, (I am speaking from experience) you never could have imagined and by paths you never thought existed.

From the blog of John Scotland
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