As a nursing professor, my job entails helping students to understand and connect concepts related to human functioning. One of the most basic of all concepts is that of oxygenation. Oxygen is essential for life down to the minute cells that make us who we are. Just thinking about how complex the human body is always leaves me in awe of God’s power. And yet, he simply “breathed life” into man and from dust was created one of the most complex systems known on earth.
“then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.”
Genesis 2:7 (ESV)
God made us from the breath that He breathed out, and we, made in His image, need to breathe in what He, the creator, breathed out. Just stop and think about that for a minute. What we breathe out is not sustainable to any living human. What we breathe out is a combination of carbon and oxygen – the byproducts of metabolism in the body. What God breathes out is not only sustainable, but essential to our lives.
“The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”
Job 33:4 (ESV)
The breath of God continues to sustain us through His word. Taking the time to sit down and listen to what He has to say to us serves as a resuscitation of the soul.
“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!”
Psalm 150:6 (ESV)
Giving God the Glory 