God breathed into man the breath of Life and man became a living soul. Genesis 3:7
We are the only creation that carries the very breath of God.
Life. Full life. Living Life. God's breath.
I don't know about you but for me, that is exciting. We were created for life and to nurture Life and to give life.
We were created for Life. And as much as we sometimes want to end life, we often pause and fight to hang on. Life is in our DNA.
So the scene of Satan, the entering of Satan in the garden is very profound and very very intentional.
He targeted God by targeting His creation of life. He targeted the very breath of God.
He targeted it with questioning the goodness of God and His truth, therefore causing Eve to doubt, to second guess the truth of God.
The result of Adam and Eve's choice is God's very breath of life in us now knows the sting of death and brokenness. We now question God's goodness and reach for what we think is better.
Also, Adam and Eve's connection was altered... they hid, they blamed each other, and the first recorded fight between brothers ended in the first death, the first ending of life itself. We still bear the mark of these consequences.
Today we do well to pay attention... our fighting, our dissension is really Satan's inroad to continuing to destroy the breath of Life, God Himself.
We all have heard the painful cry of someone, and have even uttered them ourselves, whose view of God was marred and tainted because one of us whether unintentionally or intentionality, caused someone pain. We forget a day that's important to a friend. We miss how they want to be cared for. There's selfishness and abuse. There's pain and death.
Satan delights in destroying life in any way and through any means he can.
Ephesians 6:12 tells us that we don't flesh and blood but principalities and the power of darkness.
That day in the garden began with light and ended with the presence of darkness.
And from that moment on, God promised to redeem, to restore brokenness and a connection with Him, as He promised a Saviour would come.
One of the repercussions of Adam and Eve's choice was that woman would desire man. What was meant for God to fill and be enough, we would now desire it from each other in ways that were not meant to be. God now has competition for our hearts.
This brokenness is not the final reality. Life is not destroyed. Yes, it's targeted. It's tainted with darkness and death but it's not a victim, it's a VICTOR!
John 10:10 tells us one of Jesus desires for us... He came to give us life and wants to give it abundantly.
Jesus' last words as He took His final breath were "It's is finished!"
Conqueror. Victor.
And three days later it became obvious to the world... His tomb was opened and all could see He wasn't in the grave.
He defeated death. He was the final sacrifice and has made a way for each of us to choose the power of life.
In the depth of your pain and darkness, the life Jesus wants to give, is still triumphant and He wants to breathe life back into your wounded soul. Romans 8:37 reminds us that we are more than conquerors because of Jesus.
He wants us to find Him in those depths, to turn our heart's eyes to Him in desperation to know Him.
And just as desperately that God wants us to choose Him, Satan doesn't want us to know God.
He takes the hard and uses it turn our hearts away from God and Life itself.
There is nothing that delights Satan more than when we choose to stay in the hard and blame and even accuse God with it.
The first step of turning our hearts toward God is the hardest. It's letting go of what we think works and learning to trust the heart of our Heavenly Father who breathed into us the breath of Life.
The One who created us is still breathing life into our damaged and broken souls. He is still the Breath of Life. He is Redeemer, restoring what the locusts have eaten and makes beauty out of the ashes.
We all carry pain and aches and hard deep within. May I come alongside, and with gentleness take your hand and breathe a prayer. For no matter where we find ourselves, whether it's in the depth of pain or healing or rising above the hard, we do it as a victor. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life and in Him we can know rest and learn of Him.
Lord Jesus,
We come. As we are. To You. The Giver of Life and the only Way to life. We come because You are the only One who can give us the strength, and power to be a conqueror and to choose You and life. In this present world, we hurt and ache. We wrestle to believe Your truths and stay with You. Guide us, help our unbelief and give us the strength to stay with You. Open our eyes to know You and to taste of Your goodness. Thank you, for Your faithful love and the daily manna grace to keep choosing life, to keep choosing You.
In Jesus' name,
Amen.
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