Day #34: Breath And Spirit

If it were his intention
and he withdrew his spirit and breath,
all mankind would perish together
and man would return to the dust.
~Job 34:14-15

Sometimes I feel like God has left me. Like he has withdrawn from my heart, and my home, and my life. I feel empty, and confused, and I feel a lack of guidance. It honestly feels like God has left me, at those moments, but I know he hasn't.

Let's take a trip back into Genesis for a moment. In Genesis 2:7 'the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being'. God's breath of life in is all of us. So he can't leave us completely. If he were to leave us completely, we would perish and return to the dust!

Job feels like God is condemning him and has left him completely. Job doesn't realize that even though God maybe not be speaking or intervening, God is still right there beside him and inside him. God isn't condemning Job, or punishing him, God just isn't sheltering Job from hardships that he might not have faced before.

Even when it feels like God has left me, I can think about Job 34:14-15. Even though it may feel like I'm alone, my heart is still beating, I'm still breathing, and God's Spirit and breath have not left me. And God's Spirit and breath never will leave me.


Photo #34: Breath and Spirit. (^^ My 'cheesy' mother. =P)