Breath of Life

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.