Life. To be alive, breathing, spirit, you, living is to have life.
Genesis 2:7 says, Then the Lord God formed man of the dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Genesis 1:20 tells us that God created living creatures to swarm in the waters.
Genesis 1:30 says, and to everything that moves on the each which has life, I have given.
Life began at the word of God. Life started at the mere spoken words that echo through time in the living of the creatures that God created.
But for man, life began when God stooped over and breathed into man His own breath of life and man's chest heaved with the first intake of God's breath.
When Satan slithered into the garden, lying on a branch of a tree and hissed the words to Eve to look at the fruit; He was after God. Satan knew if he could get Eve to doubt God's goodness and take from the one tree that God said, "No", that the knowledge of evil would kill and destroy life in its purest form, God's breath. The end result would be in expired breath, death.
But God didn't let us in this state without a way, a way back to life. That very day He promised a Saviour, a Redeemer, One who would come and save the world; to give life by giving His life.
Although death has entered our world and we now know pain, suffering, and death; God wants to continue to breathe life into our souls. Among this brokenness we can choose life and Jesus came to give us life and to give it abundantly. John 10:10
Life continues to be found in Jesus. Life is found as we sit at His feet and inhale His grace, exhaling our expectations. It's found as we inhale His forgiveness and release, exhaling our mistakes and choosing repentance. It's found in the letting go and choosing to rest in His provision, His being enough.
Literally, life is found between the exhale and the inhale. And deep breaths actually calm us down and can help us to regulate when anxiety and fears loom large.
Spiritually and emotionally, life is also found between the exhale and the inhale; the letting go and the receiving.
So today, in whatever state or position you find yourself in; stop, take a deep breath and let it go; receiving the breath of God in exchange.
Choosing God is choosing life.
Living in God's truth is living life abundantly.
Choosing to give thanks is to remember who God is and to add Him into your situation. Choosing to believe His words of truth leads us to the doorway and on to the path of freedom.
Choosing to live out the truth of God and to believe Him is to find life and to find it to be enough and more than enough. (Just so you know, it doesn't lessen the validity of what you're walking through it only puts it in its place and allows you to live the miracle of God's upside, miraculous way.)
Choosing God is to choose life.
Breathe in. Breathe out. Deep breaths
