The ability to exhale and inhale is a vital sign of life. Breathing, and the lack thereof, marks either life or death. I think of when God handcrafted Adam. By the artistic flair of His fingers, every perfect part of Adam’s physical body was set into place. But that wasn’t the end. God didn’t call Adam into life, though that would’ve been very easy for Him to do. He’d just spent the previous six days calling the world and all its parts into existence, after all. No, God opted to give Adam life by breathing into him. Adam’s response was to inhale and
Exhale.
If you’ve ever had to fight for your next breath, you realize that it’s not something to be taken lightly. Panic can quickly drown us, causing us to flail even harder to keep breathing.
In order to take a next breath, you need to let out the previous one. In order for us to keep progressing in life, we need to let go of old air in order to take in the new. Free up the lungs of life by keeping our atmospheres clear. Stop letting sin and negativity contaminate our air. Toxic relationships can also be a hindrance similar to the effects of second hand smoke.
Our lives are too precious to be choked out. Trust God to be your personal filter. He has a special purpose for each of us. We need to keep breathing in order to stay alive for His work to be accomplished in us.
In and out.
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I’m exhaling with this five-minute Friday community today