Today
I’m starting a new study on the word “breath” or “breathe.” There’s a song we sing that says “Breathe on
me…” asking the Holy Spirit to breathe on us.
That sort of sounds spooky and weird to me, so I want to look up verse
and see why in the world I would ask to be breathed upon…
Will
you join me?
The
first mention of this word is in Genesis 2:7
Then
the Lord God formed man of dust from the
ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of
life; and man became a living being.
Wow.
Our first encounter with God is having him breathe on us – in fact – breathe
into our bodies the breath of life.
It
is his breath that enabled us to becoming a living being.
What
sustains our heart and keeps it beating?
The breath of God.
What
wakes us up each morning after sleeping all night? The breath of God.
God
formed us out of dust and then breathed on us – and we didn’t blow away! We became people formed into his image to
bear his resemblance and his name.
I
think this is going to be a great study…
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