Breath

This past Sunday I heard a sermon that was a breath of fresh air... Actually that was kind of the point of the sermon... Deron preached a wonderful sermon on the idea of breath, and more to the point the life that the breath of God brings...

However, as I sat and pondered I wonder if I fell asleep and missed a point, or if there is just another point that he either did not consider or did not discuss. You see I think he missed a very imprtant concept dealing with breath and Christians.

HOLDING YOUR BREATH.

I can think of three times that we hold our breath: Before that first kiss, when we hold our breath in anticipation, when we swim under water and we strain to reach the otherside where we can burst forth and breath again, and when we hold our breath because we are uncertain whether or not the air around us is breathable.

If you have not seen the movie I high ly reccomend it. RED PLANET w/ Val Kilmer, but when they first arrive on Mars the run around running out of oxygen. They reach the point that they are gasping for breath inside their suits until one of them panics and opens his face mask only to realize that the air is breathable.

I think that often times we as Chrisitans hold our breath. We suck up as much of the Lord as we can and run out into the world, kicking and screaming with our lungs raedy to burst. We long to breath but are terrified of the horrors that will come when there is no air available. We stangle ouselves out of fear of suffication. Often times pushing ourselves to the point of passing out, and only in our panic are we forced to draw in a breath. And instead of drawing in a mouth of water, or toxic gas or even a nothingless vacuum, we are filled with the breath of God.

I am tired of holding my breath. I am tired of reaching for the otherside like it is something that I must get there before I can breath again. I think there is a reason that olympic swimmers swim on top of the water. They can swim so much farther and so much faster if they are breathing a long the way.

Lord please fill me with your breath, refresh my spirit and give me energy and strength to run the race to my fullest.