Imagine the brief horror of life without breath.
What terror there would be until the darkness of death came.
If you’ve ever had the wind knocked out of you, you recall what that fear is like — even if only temporarily.
But God gives us the ability to breathe so that we can experience the light of day.
The breath we have is a gift from Him.
Should we not use that breath to provide gifts to Him?
When we make it our purpose to redeem our breaths by infusing them with His purposes — whether we’re speaking or quietly serving — He is praised and we are blessed.
It’s what we were created to do.
“I will praise the Lord at all times. I will constantly speak his praises.” (Psalm 34:1)
“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” (Psalm 150:6)
Let’s become more active in testifying to God’s goodness. When something good happens to us or another at work, let’s audibly or in writing thank God for the blessing, whether the beneficiary is a Christian or not.
When someone makes it through a difficult health situation at church or within our extended family, let’s clearly thank God for His grace and power in a way that others hear or read it.
When we avoid a potentially deadly accident on the highway, let’s make sure to say a prayer of thanks and testify to others at our destination that God obviously isn’t done with us yet.
In the store checkout line, thank the clerk for the blessing of a kind smile.
In the doctor’s office, thank the doctor for using his or her God-given abilities to help people.
In the neighbor’s yard, discuss the beauty of the landscape plants and flowers the neighbor has and then praise the Lord for His creative genius in making such visual blessings.
You get the idea.
Let’s constantly speak His praises.
After all, He’s constantly loving and helping and blessing us, one breath at a time.
As always, I love you
Martin
Amen…will share that too!
Thank you Martin for the reminder to thank people around us, and God for the beauty of the earth, His healing power through people, His miracle for our or others’ illness, narrow escape on the highway or parking lot, the kind or critical words of others, for He is truly the living God who love His children. Thank you again for your valuable message. Have a fantastic Valentine’s Day.