Monday, April 23, 2007

Breathe as Worship


Breathing...It's essential. Without requiring as much as a conscious effort for most we inhale refreshing drafts of air that quench our thirsty bodies. Our bodies require the consistent pattern, and yet most take it for granted. If we stopped breathing, we would cease to live. If breathing instills within us the ability to live, then essentially breathing IS the utmost key to living a physical life. So if breathing is life, then I ask what does your life look like? Are you inhaling uplifting content...encouraging to you and to those around you? Or upon examination would your lungs reveal dark substances that hold you back, bring others down, and hold negative expectations.

See...the way you live, the breath you take...all of it...it comes from the most wonderful Creator, the most magnificent lover of all...God. How we take that breath...How we breath and the ways in which we walk out our lives... it's all a reflection of who we are and a reflection of the worship we give back to God. YOUR life...my life...each life... it's worship. The breaths that energize your everyday experiences...They provide the foundation for your lifestyle and you therefore bring worship back to God. What you do with your breath is your choice, but how amazing it is that you can look at each breath as an opportunity to glorify God!!

When you breath...do you take short breaths filled with anxiety? Do you catch yourself holding it...waiting to exhale at just the right time or fearing someone will hear you breath? Or do you breath with a confidence...knowing that each and every breath comes from God? Breath a life that reflects the glory of God. What you say, how you act, where you go, what you see, what you consciously think... Train it to glorify God..the one who saved you, made you, formed you...the One who breathed life into your very lungs! Sooo Breathe!! It's your form of worship.