Acts 17:25 Thursday

And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, BECAUSE HE HIMSELF GIVES ALL MEN life and BREATH and everything else. Acts 17:25

Genesis 2:7 says that "The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."

He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living being. This breath was the breath of God that created life in man. What I want to emphasize though, is the breath of God that creates life in the spirit. The word for breath of life and the word for Holy Spirit come from the same word--pneo or pneuma. (We recognize pneuma because we know the word pneumonia which means lack of breath.) The life God breathes into us by His Spirit is as essential to us as the breath God breathed into Adam for his life.

Paul tells us in Romans that "the mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace." John tells us "The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing.

"If the flesh counts for nothing then why does man emphasize it? Because Satan knows if man continuously looks at it, he cannot fix his eyes on Jesus. Jesus is the author and perfector of our faith and the stronger our faith, the stronger God's spirit is in our life. Our weak faith does not limit the might of God's power--our weak faith prevents us from stepping out to be empowered. That power to step out comes from the Holy Spirit, which leads to greater faith, which leads to greater power.

The Holy Spirit (God's breath) empowers us to live spiritually, just like God's breath empowered Adam to live physically. For many years the Spirit has been the silent member of the godhead, but He is as alive today as Adam was when God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. We have been so afraid of the Spirit that our "bodies" have almost died. We need to revive them by being led by the Spirit.

**Look for an article I'll be posting soon, about what it means to be Spirit led **