This multi-part series was originally published in 2008 by Alea under a strong urgency to point people, even His church, to Him and Him alone in the ever increasing times that further “fill, distort and distract” us from the only Source of Hope, Help and Salvation, Jesus Christ. He is coming soon and we need to be ready and prepared…
Father God, please open our eyes and ears, soften our hearts and minds, change and help us to choose wisely, to know Your ways and live them. In Jesus Name, Amen.
Oxygen
Just the Facts
Oxygen is by far the most urgently needed of all resources. Oxygen is needed in every cell of our body. The brain uses the largest percentage of oxygen and begins to die somewhere between five and seven minutes without it, this is called oxygen starvation. The reasons our bodies need a proper supply of oxygen is to increase energy, maintain healthy cholesterol levels and circulation, enhance proper brain function, eliminate waste/toxins, soothe aching sore joints, reduce stress, support a strong healthy heart, look younger and overcome fatigue. The body naturally receives oxygen three ways through the lungs, the skin and the digestive system.
Scientists have recently discovered, from core ice samples and air bubbles trapped inside pieces of fossilized amber crystals, that our atmosphere once contained 30%-40% oxygen. In today’s polluted environment, our air contains only 20%-22% oxygen. A few of our major cities have air as low as 15% making most buildings and homes a very low 10%-12% of healthy oxygen.
All living things need oxygen including the earth itself. In fact, it’s the second most abundant element in the earth’s crust after silicon and is found in other molecules such as water (H2O)
Revealed in the Source
Before life was created, God lovingly fashioned our protective atmosphere full of rich pure oxygen for breathing. In Genesis 1:6-8, “And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.” Remarkably creation testifies of the immense provisional source of God in the very air we breathe. He carefully designed life to be dependent on air in order to live. God doesn’t want us to be without air or anything else as we see written in Acts 17:24-25, “God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though He needed any thing, seeing He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;” Job 33:4, “The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.” In Numbers 16:22, we read about Moses and Aaron seeking the Lord, “And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?” In Ezekiel 37:9, God shows us His heart’s desire to restore life where there’s been death and decay revealing that He is the only source of breath that causes us to live, “Then said He unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” Not only does God provide life to our physical body but to our spirit, too.
God’s breath, His Spirit, can fill our whole person, every part as explained in Romans 8:11, “But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you.” The very words of God bring life even as He spoke creation into existence. Jesus spoke of His life producing Word in John 6:63, “It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are Life.” Paul wrote of Jesus as the giving source of life in 1 Corinthians 15:45, “And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.” We’re as spiritually dead without His Spirit in us as we’re dead without oxygen. In John 20:22, Jesus breathed on His followers and said, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost”. He sent this gift to all who would believe in Him and receive the wind of His Spirit that was sent from heaven in Acts 2:1-2, “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.” Do you want to truly live and breathe?
Let’s Ask Him
Father God, Breath of Life, I can’t breathe without You, I need you so much. Lord Jesus, I confess You are the Spoken Word of God. I’m unable to live without Your Life in me. Holy Spirit, permeate every cell of my being. Remove all pollutants, toxins and air not of Your Spirit and heal any injury that may have occurred as a result. Revitalize, rejuvenate and restore me into the fullness of life that You have for me. Help me to inhale Your Word receiving it as Spirit and Life. Thank You for breathing Your Love in me, in Jesus name. Amen.
Until next time...
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