One Sunday morning, I was assisting with Communion. As people were served, I looked out the window at the back of the sanctuary and saw the wind blowing the trees and the snow around. I thought of the wind as the breath of God, who gives breath to all. God formed Adam from the dust, but Adam was not a living being until God breathed into him the breath of life, as the Scriptures said, “The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7, NRSV).
In Genesis 1:2 (NRSV), we read about a “wind from God.” The Hebrew word for wind is often translated as “spirit” or “breath.” So we can understand the breath of life as God's spirit breathed into Adam to give him life. We live not only by our physical bodies – organs and tissues – but also by God's spirit dwelling within us. By God's power, the breath of life remains in our lives as the wind of life blows over us. God has given us life, and God continues to give us life. We live because God lives within us.
Life is a miracle in which God sustains us. Breathe in and breathe out the breath of God.
Thank God for a breath of LIFE!
Prayer Response to this featured article:
We thank God that He is the Great Creator and that the world and all that in it was created by the Lord and we’re in His hands. And, we believe in and trust our lives to Christ, knowing that our destiny for eternity is also safely in His hands.
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(Written by Matthew J. Van Maastricht – (Michigan, U.S.A), from the Upper Room Ministries except the unrecalled date/year of published time)
In Genesis 1:2 (NRSV), we read about a “wind from God.” The Hebrew word for wind is often translated as “spirit” or “breath.” So we can understand the breath of life as God's spirit breathed into Adam to give him life. We live not only by our physical bodies – organs and tissues – but also by God's spirit dwelling within us. By God's power, the breath of life remains in our lives as the wind of life blows over us. God has given us life, and God continues to give us life. We live because God lives within us.
Life is a miracle in which God sustains us. Breathe in and breathe out the breath of God.
Thank God for a breath of LIFE!
Prayer Response to this featured article:
We thank God that He is the Great Creator and that the world and all that in it was created by the Lord and we’re in His hands. And, we believe in and trust our lives to Christ, knowing that our destiny for eternity is also safely in His hands.
Profile Background:
(Written by Matthew J. Van Maastricht – (Michigan, U.S.A), from the Upper Room Ministries except the unrecalled date/year of published time)
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