I am loving this new Word Wednesday! Hope you are too. There is something about reading deliberately, reading to listen, that is completely different than simply reading, isn’t there? When you take it slow and you are open to a new Word, things happen. Now, to get those words from my head to my heart! How about you? Are you ready for Genesis 2?
Genesis 2:7 (GWT)–Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the earth and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.
The way I am reading the Bible this year ties Genesis 2 to a verse in John. See if you see the connection.
John 1:3 (GWT)–Everything came into existence through him. Not one thing that exists was made without him.
It literally made me hold my breath when I tied those two together, back to back. Yes, I’ve read them before. Yes, I know it. But I had never put them side by side before and let the thought gel. Jesus isn’t out there somewhere. He’s not even right next to us. He is, literally, a fundamental part of us. He makes up our DNA. His breath is personally in us.
It makes me think of CPR… or of a kiss. To breathe the breath of life into someone, you have to be face-to-face, no space between. It is intimate, personal, a close “invasion” of space in a world that likes to keep things at arms’ length. God is God. Jesus is God. He didn’t have to breathe life into us. He could have simply spoken it and made it so.
But he didn’t. He chose the intimate and personal, the face-to-face and possessive. The “you are mine and I’m not afraid to get close to you.” Jesus isn’t worried about getting close to us. He wants to be close to us.
Is it any wonder the world chases after all manner of things to fill the God-space? He is our core building block, and if we deny Him, we lose our breath. The world is gasping for air.
Now, what are we going to do about it?
-JB
Jessica R. Patch says
Girl, you got me hollerin up in here! You start talking intimacy with God and breathing into us and I’m waving the hanky and jumpin pews! 🙂
It’s amazing the intimacy He craves with us. Even more mind boggling how we run from it.
A big love on today’s post!
Jodie says
Woo hoo!!!! Excitement! Thanks, girl. Your comment means the world to me. That’s cool!
Sandy Rosser says
In the continuance of the intimacy theme, I love Genesis 2:20 because it’s the basis of my purpose as a woman. I was NEEDED. Eve wasn’t just an afterthought. Woman was made for a purpose. God chose ME to complete the mission!
Thanks again for Bible study tonight. So excited!
Jodie says
I’m excited too! I think I answered you and Dawn both in the comment after Dawn’s… And boy, every time I open my Bible study book I feel God moving already.
Dawn Lucowitz says
I am in line with Sandy in this chapter. I love that it says “But for Adam, no suitable helper was found.” I think it’s awesome that we, as women, were created with a purpose. This is a role I have taken much more seriously over the last few years. I have been so blessed to not “have” to work. As a married woman (with no children and a masters degree), it was hard at first to not work. Initially I was not working because we had just moved and my husband was going to be deploying again in less than a year. I wanted to spend as much time as possible with him, and that was the only way that would work. Over that time I really tried to focus on being a better wife. I began to understand that this was an important role, and not one to be devalued. I have improved a great deal, but have a long long way to go. Reading this section re-affirmed that the little things I do to help make my husband’s day go smoother are important and one of the reasons I was created. He needs my love and support, and the help I was created to offer him every day.
Jodie says
I understand. It took me over a year when I became a stay-at-home mom to realize that this didn’t mean I suddenly became useless. It was my highest calling ever. I think we have been conditioned by society and a lie of Satan. We think we have to be “more,” and we forget what’s real. Your comment is a great reminder of that, one we all need as women.