Let's Not Waste Our Breath!
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin ArticlesWhen God created man out of the dust of the earth, He created a living, breathing being capable of thinking, feeling, dreaming, loving, and living forever (Genesis 2:7; Genesis 37:5; Genesis 29:18; 1 Corinthians 15:35-53).
It’s also important to note that when God breathed into Adam, He gave more than the breath of life — He gave him an important reason to live, and that is to worship and praise Him. As the Psalmist declares:
“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord” (Psalm 150:6).
This means that we waste our breath when we use it for something that doesn’t honor the Lord in whom “we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).
Although we cannot blow life into a handful of dirt as God did, we can use our breath to speak words of encouragement to the discouraged, help the sick (Matthew 25:36), and console those who grieve (John 11:14-19) .
When we use our breath to honor our Creator with the unique combination of talents, abilities, and opportunities that He has given us, we will never be wasting it.
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