God Breathe On Me

2 Kings 4:32 When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch. 33 He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed to the LORD. 34 Then he got on the bed and lay upon the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. As he stretched himself out upon him, the boy's body grew warm. 35 Elisha turned away and walked back and forth in the room and then got on the bed and stretched out upon him once more. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
36 Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, "Call the Shunammite." And he did. When she came, he said, "Take your son." 37 She came in, fell at his feet and bowed to the ground. Then she took her son and went out.

Have you ever read this story? Its a great story of a prophet God used to bring forth to life a dead boy. Actually, the above scene is the second time that Elisha laid on the boy. The first time, it didn't work. But he persevered. He had faith in God and he believed that nothing was too great for God. He believed that God took delight in answering prayer and that God's favor was upon him. We too, must believe that nothing is too great for God. And not only that, but we need to be convinced that God loves us and wants to bless us.

The other day I was mowing the yard and it was getting late in the afternoon. The rain began to fall and I begin to talk to God while on my mower. I told him that I am your child and that I need to mow this yard more than He needed to water the plants in the area of which I live (at least that was my opinion...it had rained a lot the day before). I asked God to move the clouds around me so I could finish mowing. Do you know what happened? It start raining harder, and harder. However, I continued mowing while persevering in my faith. I even thought to myself "I hope my neighbor's not over there watching me while I am praying and the rain coming down. But about five minutes later it stopped. I literally watched the clouds as they split and not only did it stop raining for good but the sun even came out for the rest of the evening.

I am telling you if you are an obedient child of God, He really does like and love you enough to "give you the desires of your heart" even if it means moving a few clouds out of your way.

One more thing about this story...notice Elisha gave the boy mouth to mouth. What's that about you ask? Elisha breathed the breath of God into the boy. Elisha was God's representative. Elisha's breath was God's breath breatheing life into that child. Did you know God desires to breath life into you? The word "inspire" in the Bible means "God breathed." When you receive God's word you let him breathe life into you. Jesus breathed upon the disciples before they received the Holy Spirit in the upper room. Those in Acts 2 experienced "a rushing mighty wind" that was the very breath of God's Spirit breatheing "duanamis" power into the 120 that had gathered there to tarry for the Holy Spirit.

You and I need the breath of Almighty God. Not just once or twice, but daily. Let God breathe His life into you today!

-Pastor Randy