Pressing Into the Wind

Yesterday was windy. I mean really windy. Walking down by the river you had to physically struggle just to move forwards, because the wind against you was so strong.

When it comes to global poverty and injustice we are spiritually in a very similar scenario. The wind represents oppressive forces that make forward progress a definite struggle. Yet struggle we must - summoning our resources and concentrating them to ensure we can step the next foot in front of the other, combating the wind every step of the way.

Campaigns like Enough Food IF draw our attention and remind us of the global-political dimension. Yet of course each of us must contribute our own personal response, seeking to change the winds so that political will can get on board with what needs to be done.

It seems to me to be no accident that in Isaiah chapters 58 & 59, which talk of social justice issues so prominently, that the foundation verse of spiritual armour appears in 59:17 (cf the classic Ephesians 6 passage). For sure combating global poverty and injustice is a spiritual issue, which requires spiritual armour in order to be able to make a proper stand and push forward.