Jesus is the life giver. God is the one who breathed into us and gave us life. But what is it that we really want? Do we want a ministry, a career, a certain identity? Maybe we want to be a sports, film or religious star. Maybe we want to be something special and unique.
The best thing we can have is life. It is life, in all it's "lifeness" that makes us live, be filled with emotions, enjoy, suffer and well....live. We do not need to be fooled by the powers of influence that we need more than life. Living well is the most important function of the life we have been given. All to many people waist their lives by the endless seeking to be something more. There is nothing more than being alive, both now and forever. Anything that is added, if we use that language, is a part of life, it is not more than life.
God is the life giver and we need to live our lives well, to the fullest and with great zeal. The acquiring of titles, positions, status or events does not mean we are living life well. We can be well traveled, well educated, secure in job and family and still not be living well. The very idea of life transcends all the stuff of life and calls to us of "other worldly" adventure.
The next time you wonder why you are alive, take a slow deep breath. Consider the wonder of breathing in the first place. Get distracted by the amazement of your ability to breath. Consider how in the world it came to be that you breath, live. Let the life you have connect you to the source of living - God. The more this is done, the more you will have a great life.
In Him we live. Apart from Him we can do nothing.
