The Breath Of Life Series

The Bible is very intentional about the things that are mentioned in scripture and the things God’s word is silent about. For instance in Luke 19:11-26, in the parable of the king who entrusted money to his servants and told them to occupy with what he had given them until he returned, nothing is said about the age of these servants. We aren’t given any information about their marital status, nor does scripture tell us about the state of their health. There is a reason why the Word of God is silent on these things. The reason is that when God is looking for people to occupy for Him, these things aren’t a major consideration. What God is concerned about or looks out for is this: does the person have the breath of life? The breath of life is key to occupying effectively for the Lord. Once you have the breath of life on the inside of you, you are the one God is depending on to occupy for Him. It doesn’t matter whether you are young or old, single or married, going through a tough time, or someone that just received a major financial breakthrough. What matters to God is the fact that you have the breath of God in you. With that, He can use you to do great wonders and exploits for His kingdom.

Ecclesiastes 9:4 says “anyone who is among the living has hope - even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!” Reading further to verse 5 and 6, we see that it is those that are living that have the opportunity to do things that will be rewarded. They are the ones that can spend their time occupying for the Lord so they can be rewarded. Once death comes in, this opportunity is gone. It therefore follows that while we have the breath of God in us, while we are still living, we should use every opportunity God gives us to occupy for Him so we can receive the rewards due to those that have spent their days occupying for the Lord; those that have made a difference for Christ. May we not live our lives in a way that on the day of reckoning, what we have to say is how I wish I had done this and that… for the Lord. Now is the time to start living for His glory, now is the time to occupy for the Lord.

In Job 27:1-4, Job said as long as I have life within me, as long as I have the breath of God in me, there are certain things I must do. As long as we have life within us, as long as we have the breath of God in us, there are certain things we must do.

THE MAIN ASSIGNMENT OR RESPONSIBILITY OF ANYONE WHO HAS BREATH IS TO PRAISE GOD

Psalm 150:6 says “let everything that has breath praise the Lord”. It didn’t say let everyone that is married or everyone that just got a visa or won a lottery praise God. It didn’t even say let everyone that is in the choir praise God. What qualifies you to give God praise is that you have breath. No wonder when the king entrusted money to his servants to occupy with, the was no mention of their age, background and marital status. All we are told is that they were servants; they were people who were living, people who had breath in them. With the breath of life, even if you are a young, old, a business man, career person, house wife, or a person that has been seeking employment for years, or a person who is single and tired of waiting, or even someone that can’t read or write, you can praise God and walls of Jericho, walls of satanic opposition and stagnation will come tumbling down. With the breath of life, even if you are blind or dumb, your feet have been tied with chains, you are going through a very difficult time, the enemy has locked you up in a prison saying you won’t move beyond this level, you can praise God and satanic prison doors will be flung wide open (Acts 16:25-26). The primary thing you need to engage in praise that can turn situations around is the breath of God.

Everyday God decides to put His breath in us is not an ordinary day. It is an opportunity to birth miracles with our praise.

So, everyday of your life that God gives you breath, use the breath of God on the inside of you to give God praise. Praise that will move mountains, praise that will send confusion to the camp of your enemies (2 Chronicles 20:22). Praise that can turn your finances around (2 Chronicles 20: 25). Praise that will lift your spirit even when there’s so much happening around you to discourage you and weigh you down (Psalm 42:11).