Our children, as well as everyone else’s children, have had
their fair share of boo-boos while growing up.
After kissing away the hurt I would blow on the “seriously” injured
spot. It was like blowing away the
pain. Somehow, in my children’s minds,
that breath of Daddy was a help. The
Breath of Abba still is.
Edwin Hatch is credited with writing only three hymns, but
one of them is a timeless classic “Breathe on Me, Breath of God”. One of the
names of the Holy Spirit is the Breath of God.
If Daddy’s breath could restore a hurt need or elbow, how restorative is
the Breath of God?
Job said, “The Spirit of God hath made me and the Breath of
the Almighty hath given me life.” Job
33:4 (KJV) That is pretty powerful breath.
We see it earlier in the Scriptures in Genesis 2:7 where God breathed
into man and he became a living soul.
Again in Ezekiel 37 we find God breathing into the dry bones of Israel
and restoring life to the dead nation. In
the New Testament we find in II Timothy 3:16 that all scripture is inspired by
God. Literally that means that all
scripture is breathed by God or the Breath of God. That would be borne out by what Peter says in
II Peter 1 where we find that “holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the
Holy Ghost.” The Breath of God in the
living Word of God then breathes new life into those who hear it. Paul said in Romans 10 that “faith cometh by
hearing and hearing by the Word of God.”
All I can do with my feeble breath is blow away the pain of
a boo-boo. What God can do is to
transform the dead to life. The Holy
Spirit of God brings us to life in Christ and fills us with power for living
for Him. Hatch called for the Breath of
God to give life, purity, obedience and eternal life. Carry these lines in your heart today. “Breathe on me, breath of God, fill me with
life anew, that I may love what Thou dost love, and do what Thou wouldst do.
Breathe on me, breath of God, until my heart is pure, until with Thee I will
one will, to do and to endure. Breathe on me, breath of God; blend all my soul
with Thine, until this earthly part of me glows with Thy fire divine. Breathe
on me, breath of God, so shall I never die, but live with Thee the perfect life
of Thine eternity.”
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