redefining breath

In my reading through today... a verse from yesterday came to mind... I had to seek it out...

The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord,

searching all his innermost parts.

Proverbs 20:27

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A text note told me that in Hebrew... the word translated as spirit... is breath...

The breath of man... is the lamp of the Lord... searching all his innermost parts...

How accurate... breath goes in and out... nose... mouth... lungs... but on a cellular level... red blood cells carry our breath... to every living cell in our body...

Breath... unseen... spirit... goes to ALL our innermost parts... as the lamp of the Lord...

I searched out lamp... in Hebrew it means... lamp... but wait... the Dictionary of Biblical Languages says... it also means...

chosen rulership, presence, formally, lamp, i.e., the reigning presence of an heir, with a special focus to keep or guard something...

Lamp ... a symbol of rulership... sovereignty...

There I will make a horn to sprout for David;

I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

Psalm 132:17

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Another translates this same verse...

There I will make David strong; I have determined

my chosen king's dynasty will continue.

Psalm 132:17

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So now we have...

The breath of man is the reigning presence of the Lord...

As long as we have breath... searching our innermost parts... we are under the reigning presence of the Lord... here we have a choice... we come under His Sovereignty... or we rebel...

It is His breath... that gives life... we can recognize that truth... or deny it... a choice for life... or death...

Breath... evidence of God's rule in... through... and over... our lives...

 Father God... may I honor You... with every breath I take...

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!

Psalm 150:6

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