CHASING THE BREATH OF GOD

 Genesis 2:7 (KJV)

"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."

SEEING THE INVISIBLE

"Instead of facing our insecurities, man creates new truths."

     When we receive a wrapped gift, on a special day, we can't wait to unwrap it to see what we have been given.  Filled with hope and anticipation, we anxiously await the opportunity to remove the wrapping, show off our gift and put it to use.  We have a Father in Heaven, who shows us His undying love, by giving us so much, each day.  Yet, nothing compares to His love, when He gave the gift of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins, that we may have abundant and everlasting life.  To fulfill His promise, Christ arose from the dead, ascended into Heaven, and imparted the gift of God's Holy Spirit.  Can we unwrap this gift and make use of its wondrous power and beauty? Can we unwrap something we cannot see...or make use of something we feel is intangible?  Perhaps, sometimes, we even doubt His existence in us.

     As we develop a closer relationship with God, it becomes evident that the Holy Spirit is very real and tangible.  Tangible I say?  How do you touch God?  Is this humanly possible? Scientists have discovered that the human body has endless known and unknown capabilities.  Consider the process of accessing a thought or memory.  Where does this intelligence come from?  Is intelligence limited to genetic make up, determined by DNA, along with the accumulation of knowledge and experience? If so, how are thought patterns mapped on cells and how are they maintained, erased or blocked?  How does the body know to initialize these functions; when and why to do them?

     Perhaps, there exists something that cannot be seen, even under the highest powered microscope, or exposed by any chemical or physical laboratory experiment man can devise.  Perhaps, it is as invisible as air and can come and go as the wind, from any direction.  Perhaps, we just don't know what we are looking at and it is staring us in the face.  Perhaps...  Yet, this power has cause and effect, in much the same way atoms, electrons, protons and neutrons create physical reactions, but this force remains unseen and untouched. So, we have been told.

     The human body has been created with miraculous organs and senses.  We can see or hear a word and an image appears in our mind.  We can see a word and recall a taste, touch or smell. All because, we can access information, from a seemingly unlimited capacity of memory, stored in a comparatively small head.  Hmm... and the unknown, higher power, which many claim to have created this wondrous creature, can not be seen, nor touched.  So, we've been told. 

     Surely, there must be a way to see something so complicated and powerful, capable of creating such an advanced organism that can procreate, experience pain, joy, nourish and educate itself to survive and thrive in its ever changing environment, world and universe.  Could this force be evasive, or just not there? Or, do we simply lack the technology to detect it?  Still, we know that something is there to keep us all together, due to the sheer fact that we are alive and remain under its influence to grow, change, contribute and influence other human beings.  Day to day, we share a certain amount of faith and hope, that life will continue, until external or internal forces decide otherwise.

     Can it be, that man has examined every cell in the human body, only to have their origin remain a mystery?  Can it be, that time has worked against us and buried the secret deep within?  Or, could it be that this life-creating matter does not belong to us and is not ours to keep, destroy, alter or duplicate?  Wherein, it must remain an unsolvable mystery to us...for now.  But, that's not good enough. 

     From the Garden of Eden to the exploration of the earth and outer-space, it is evident that the unknown has never been acceptable to man.  We simply must know.  So, instead of facing our insecurities, man creates new truths. That which man cannot prove, he devises theories, philosophies, conjectures and inconclusive analyses, which do not offer proof and confirmation, but instead, authoritative resolution.  Such as, the scientific theory that mankind crawled out of a primordial pool and evolved.  If one choses, to accept this school of thought, one can not deny that there are still more questions to be answered, such as, where did the matter in the pool come from and what internal mechanism spurred it into evolution?

     Why would a creator leave us in such darkness and confusion, or has He?  For those who doubt or reject God's existence, we believers have simply created our own answer to the unknown.  However, once one has truly accepted, unwrapped and utilized God's gift, one realizes that the unknown has always been the answer.  The allure and intrigue of the unknown is God's way of inviting us to get to know Him.  We chase the breath of God to understand our own existence.

     As we unwrap the gift of His Holy Spirit, life takes us on an incredible and very different path, where soon, we discover that God is not hiding how we came into existence.  Right now, He is trying to show us that it is more important to understand why we exists.

By the Grace and Mercy of God,

Your servant

Mishael