awww...

I find this moment... at the end of a long day... that's not quite finished...

Taking a deep breath...
remembering He is good...
taking in His glory...

The heavens are telling of the glory of God;

And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

Psalm 19: 1 NASB

Amen...

expiration...

Thoughts on inspiration...

lead to lessons on expiration...
another word... with a double meaning...

expiration noun... 1a: the last emission of breath: death b (1): the act or process of releasing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth: exhalation (2): the fact of coming to an end or the point at which something ends: termination

---Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary (11th Ed) 

God's Word...
breathed out...
expiration...

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching,

for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV

Jesus... the Word made flesh...
came to live the life of a man...
to die for our sins...

For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh,

could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness

of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

in order that the righteous requirement of the law

might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh

but according to the Spirit.

Romans 8:3-4 ESV

Inspiration...

Expiration...

they go together...

one can't happen without the other...

Only through Him...
are we empowered... to be inspired...
by the Word... expired...

Jesus's expiration on the cross...
made the way for us to experience...
the inspiration of life...

God breathed out His last...
so we can breathe in eternal life...

And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.

And the curtain of the temple was torn in two,

from top to bottom.

Mark 15:37-38 ESV

At His expiration...

the curtain of the temple...

separating man from God...

tore in two...

from top to bottom...

Coming from the top down...

by His own doing...

He made the Way...

for us to enter into His presence...

apart from the law... which came to an end...

He is the Way...

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter

the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living

way that he opened for us through the curtain,

that is, through his flesh...

Hebrews 10:19-20 ESV

Thank Him today...

for the expiration of His Word...

breathed out for our benefit...

and for the expiration of His Son...

through whom we can enter in...

to life... and relate... to Him...

Lord... with each breath I take...

each inspiration... each expiration...

remind me I live for You...

inspiration...

Inspiration... a word echoing through my thoughts of late...
a word with double meaning...

inspiration noun... 1 a: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation b: the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions... 2:  the act of drawing in; specifically: the drawing of air into the lungs ... 

---www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inspiration

The reading through of 2 Timothy brings it to mind...

 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching,

for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness,

that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV

Scripture...

the Word... 

breathed out by God...

the place we find inspiration... 

for life...

Do you see it...?

He breathes it out...

we breathe it in...

inspiration...

We breathe in His breath when we spend time in His Word... meditating by the power of the Holy Spirit...

He breathes out...

we breathe in...

inspiration...

His Word gives us life...

like the air we breathe...

in... out...

The difference...?

His Word...

breathed in...

gives eternal life...

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life;

whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life...

John 3:36 ESV

Breathe Him in...

live life...

inspired...

Father God... let me feel Your breath...

breathing out Your Word... in my life...

how to breathe...

Seeking Him as the Bread of Life...
led to me praising Him...
as the Breath of Life...

He gives us life...
by His breath...

---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

 

A song of praise puts this truth into perspective...

 

You give life, You are love

You bring light to the darkness

You give hope, You restore

Every heart that is broken

And great are You, Lord

 

It's Your breath in our lungs

So we pour out our praise

We pour out our praise

It's Your breath in our lungs

So we pour out our praise to You only

 

---All Sons & Daughters, Great Are You Lord

 

This particular song... started me considering... just how we are to use our breath to praise Him only... after all it is His breath...

 

Today... I discovered instructions on how to breathe...

and I found it in His Word...

 

Rejoice always,

pray without ceasing,

give thanks in all circumstances;

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV

 

If we would truly live our lives...

according to His will...

rejoicing...

praying...

giving thanks...

there would be no room for doing anything else with our breath...!

 

All would be for His glory...

 

All would lead to a life of praise...

breath spent on Him... only...

 

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