And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul
(Genesis 2:7).
We have now come
to the most fundamental truth about who you are.
In previous
posts we discussed the truth that you are body, soul and spirit.
Your body is the physical part of you. The ‘you’ that we can see.
Your soul is your mind, will and emotions. The ‘you’ that thinks, feels, and makes choices.
So what is your
spirit?
As I was
thinking about the best way to explain what your spirit is, an analogy came to mind. It may seem simplistic, but I think it starts to make the point.
The inflatable
air guy.
Inflatable air
guys are balloon figures used for advertising. They are basically huge balloons, shaped like people, that dance around when air is blown into them continuously through a fan. Inflatable
air guy waves his arms in the air, bends from side to side, and generally
wiggles all over the place. Inflatable air guy looks alive and active while the wind is blowing, but
once the air stops, inflatable air guy stops too. Once the fan is cut off, inflatable air guy falls to
the ground, lifeless.
Your spirit is
your innermost being. Your core. The essence of your life.
Your spirit is
the breath of life that God breathed into you to give you life.
Your spirit is
the part of you that is eternal.
The fan is the
source of the air that keeps inflatable air guy going.
God is the
Source of the breath of life that keeps you going.
Without the fan,
air guy is shapeless, lifeless, powerless.
Without God…
Learn more about
developing an empowering belief system in the next post.
