Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Let God Breathe Into Your Life!

Would you be interested in getting plugged into a power source that will permeate you with extraordinary energy, vitality, strength, and wisdom to assist you in overcoming any challenge that comes against you?

Of course you would like to have that kind of help! The amazing thing is that you already have it at your disposal! However, you may not have learned yet how to tap into this power source to receive its full benefit. Right there in your home is a source of power beyond your wildest imagination.

It is probably sitting on a shelf, situated nicely on a table, or perhaps even kept in the magazine rack in the bathroom. Or maybe you keep this source of power in the drawer of your desk at work or on the back seat of your car.

You may have guessed by now that I'm talking about your Bible, which is one of the greatest sources of power on earth! If you learn how to tap into God's Word and let its power flow into you, it will equip you with wisdom, answers, and the power to overcome in every single situation in life.

When Timothy felt attacked on every side by difficult situations he was facing in the city of Ephesus, he wrote to Paul, seeking answers and help to his various dilemmas. Expecting counsel and advice from Paul, he received a letter from Paul that contained these precious words:

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. - 2 Timothy 3:16

Inspiration is given by God's breath. I is the projection of emotions, such as anger, courage, or goodwill, love, strength. The real secret to this power source is the actual BREATH OF GOD. You must do a study of the word "pneuma" or the root "pneu" in the Greek. It was the breath of God that spoke the earth into existence – that dynamic movement of air.

I believe in this scripture it includes life-force, energy, and dynamic power–the power to do supernatural feats for the Lord.

The Bible is God's message delivered through human writers to you and me. This message is delivered to us so we can experience the life of God and the heart of our Father God. Now if this life is living it carries with it the emotions of God's love to us His people. Not only do we know by our intellect, but we also know with our senses and our heart (our spirit beings)

This power, the same power it took to create the universe and everything in it, is in the Word of God for us to carry within us! It is the authority and power Jesus left for us to use!

Today the same breath of God that caused the Word to materialize in written form is now held inside the Bible. It was God's own breath that caused this Word to manifest in the first place, and now His own Presence, His breath –His "molecules," if you will - are permanently held inside the Word of God itself. In other words, God did not just inspire the writing of the Bible. God Himself - His life, His life-force, His essence, power, energy, dynamism, and power - is contained inside the Word.

It is my belief that just as we are called by the Great Commission to speak of testimonies of the Lord to others, His power is also in our breath as we speak! That Holy Spirit power will come out of us and reach others for Christ's sake!

Think about it. The Bible you own that is sitting on a shelf, stored away in your desk drawer, sitting on the back seat of your automobile, situated nicely on your coffee table, or placed on the nightstand next to your bed contains the very life, essence, energy, and dynamism of God Himself ! If you will get hungry for more of God and determine to meditate on this truth long enough to tap into it, God Himself will come pouring out of the Bible into your life and situation.

That is what happened to Todd Bentley and all the others carrying the authority and power to lay hands on the sick and watch them recover. That is the power that sets the captives free, allows us to live peaceful lives in the midst of chaos, and provides us with all our needs!

The supernatural breath and life of God held within His written Word is the reason Paul went on to say that the Word is "profitable." The Word is beneficial to us in all of life's circumstances. God's Word brings benefit to the one who reads it, meditates on it, and taps into its power.

So when Paul wrote to Timothy, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God," he was reminding the younger man that because Timothy had the Word, he possessed the greatest source of power and energy that exists! If he would get into the Word, tapping deeply into its internal resource and allowing the life of God in that Word to flow up, out, and into his life, enough power would be released to change every difficult situation he was facing.

I encourage you to participate in this move of God. Do not let it be as a concert you visit once or twice. Allow the Breath of God to permeate you and change you. Allow the Holy Spirit to cause a hunger and thirst you have never had before–A hunger and thirst for His Word, for His manifest Authority and Power in your life, and the lives of others!

Tap in today to your inheritance! Walk like Jesus and listen to the Father's voice! Act upon the instructions the Lord is whispering to you!

Love to all, Dianne in Florida

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