More Than White Noise

~~~ Acts of the Apostles 9:31-42 ~~~ Psalm 116 ~~~

~~~ John 6:60-69 ~~~

It is the Spirit that gives life, while 

the flesh is of no avail.

The words I have spoken to 

you are Spirit and life.

God has extended to each one of us

an open invitation to eternal life with him.

We on the other hand make up excuses

 as to why this is not true.

While our excuses become our reality

 we build walls between ourselves and God.

We do this to ourselves.

We push the Spirit into the background of our lives.

We consider the Spirit to be white noise,

which we can routinely ignore.

You can download a white noise app 

but you cannot download the Spirit.

Just as in Biblical times, we too turn and walk away 

because we cannot accept what is true.

Jesus was prepared for the apostles to turn away from him.

But Peter hits the nail on the head when he says...

 “Master, to whom shall we go?

You have the words of eternal life.

We have come to believe

and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.”

Have you come to believe?

Do you believe that Jesus has the words of eternal life?

Do you believe that the Spirit is working in our midst?

It is the Spirit that gives us and sustains our animation.

We live and move and breathe in the Spirit.

When we leave this world it is our Spirit that leaves our body.

It is the Spirit that gives us the qualities of being alive.

No matter how close science comes to creating a mechanical being

they will never be able to 'create' a Spirit.

The breath of the Spirit was given to us by God.

Once we take our final breath the Spirit 

returns to God for all of eternity.

In the early church some of the apostles 

could call upon God to return the Spirit 

into the body of one who had died.

Jesus allowed them to tap into his divine power of life.

They did not possess it of their own workings.

The apostles could only do as much as the Lord permitted.

I can imagine their awe and surprise the first time

 they healed someone or called their spirit 

to come back into the body.

How shall I make a return to the Lord for all 

the good he has done for me?

Psalm 116 reminds us to be cognizant of the life we have

in the Spirit...through the Spirit...and of the Spirit. 

God is with us in every breath we take 

whether it is a deep cleansing breath 

or a shallow weak breath.

The Holy One of God

lives in you.

...to whom shall you go?

The Spirit is not white noise.

The Spirit is our Life!

Let each breath make a grateful 

return to the Lord.

Fill your lungs completely with his life.

Blessed to have Spirit and Life...

gifts from God. 

God himself!

~~~Peace~~~