BREATHE DEEPLY TODAY!

GOOD MORNING! Isn't it amazing to know that The Creator God has breathed His breath into you once more, calling you forth into yet another day? 

It's not that you woke yourself, nor was it the set time on your alarm clock, as we sadly know that there have been many this morning alone, where the alarm clock will sound off loudly, yet there will be no response from the one who relied on it to wake them. Please know that ONLY GOD can command your awakening each day!

Everyday that you and I rise, we stretch and breathe in deeply from the very breath of God who calls us into newness, new opportunities, new challenges, new mercies and new faith!

Truth is, I'm excited for what God has planned and purposed for me today. Today won't be like yesterday and the strategy that was good for yesterday will be renewed for today, the success of yesterday will not carry us through today... but rest assured that The Lord who was with us on yesterday to give us our strategy and to make us successful, is the same God who will Lord over our lives today!

His breath brings not only Life, but healing and wholeness. His breath brings cleansing; blowing away all which is not clean before Him so we begin with a fresh clean start. His breath brings the wind of the Holy Spirit from heaven to blow over lives and fill us afresh.

The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life. (Job 33:4 NKJV)

Job knew his very existence; his every breath belonged to God, who gave him life.

My friends, even when we were dead in our sins, God breathed into us the breath of life for us to be born again, breathing His life within us. How sweetly does the breath of Life taste! How completely does the gift of Life fill our lungs! The most wonderful part is that one day we will breathe in the very air that He breathes in the city of God, in Heaven itself.

If your heart is deadened by the death of sin, then cry out to the Living God to breathe into the deadness of your life with His breath of Spiritual Life so you may be born again, with fresh Spiritual lungs breathing in a different and a new Life.

Breathe Deeply Today!!

Controlled by Time?

Have you ever noticed how we are continually manipulated by time?  Time dictates when we wake up, when we are to eat and when we are to go to sleep.  We keep time devices on our nightstands, in our pockets and on our wrists.  We can find timekeeping devices embedded in our cars, microwaves, refrigerators, ovens, computers, stereos and telephones (landlines and cell phones).

With all of this attention on time, to be on time, to complete on time…no wonder we’re stressed out!  We have too much and so much to account for , so much and too much to deliver and so many and too many places to be…on time!

I remember a few years ago having lunch at Union Station here in Washington D.C.  I was sitting in a restaurant that overlooked the main concourse of the station.  It is very picturesque and very striking to behold all of the artistry that is a part of Union Station.  As I sat there, I couldn’t help but notice all of the doors/entrances and exits that seem to surround this main concourse.  We were literally in the middle of the Station! 

I started to think, where are all of these people headed and why does it seem that they are all in a hurry?  I saw people walking fast, some were running while others were obviously upset because of running late (my assumption).  What were they late for?  What were their hopes and dreams?  What appointment will now be missed because of missed connections at the station? What was it in their mind that they now felt was delayed?  Where is their final destination to be?

While these things are stress factors for most of us, the CLOCK continues to tic and tic and tic….  Time never stops, therefore we never stop!  We never stop to pay attention to the important things in life, we never stop to take in the beauty; the picturesque view of what God has created!   We never stop to say thanks!  With all of this perpetual motion, when and how do we find rest?  How are we to relieve the stress and the conditions that cause stress in our lives?

Isaiah relates God’s Word as given to him by saying “For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning to Me and resting in Me you shall be saved; in quietness and in [trusting] confidence shall be your strength…” Isaiah 30:15

If you have found yourself busy with the things of life and life has been stressing you out, return back to the one who can give you Peace, to the one who can give you Comfort, to the one who can restore your Joy!  This is one connection that we all MUST make…don’t miss it!!

Return and re-establish your relationship with Jesus, the Christ!  He says “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

The Time is NOW, tomorrow is not guaranteed…to any of us!