Ezekiel 37:1–14

Genesis 2:7

Finding Purpose in the Spirit of God

1 – No one else and no thing else can breathe upon your heart to bring about the Creator’s miracle-working life except the Spirit of God. Without the breath of the Spirit your life will become dry, and your existence will feel as if it is trapped in a foreign land… for you were meant to co-labor and redeem that which was fallen, and anything apart from this sensitivity in the Spirit of God will be missing what it means to walk as Jesus once walked. Your life is about finding the breath, sensing the wind, and walking in the Spirit.

2 – Your purpose is simple… learn how to be breathed on, and breathe on others. Ezekiel had the breath of God but did not know the power it possessed until the Spirit of God commanded him to breathe it on others. You have to get close enough to the Spirit in order to understand how that Spirit works… and its main uses are to build, strengthen, and call forth others to rise in the Spirit of resurrection life. It’s in all things, it’s for all people… you must train your spirit to breathe His Spirit.

3 – You come to life when the pursuit of His Spirit becomes your life. You find your place when His Spirit occupies the right place in your heart. You walk in your purpose when you recognize that you are but dust if not for His Spirit breathed into your soul. All weakness, hindrance, distraction, darkness, and even death is temporary when you grab hold of the revelation that the power of His Spirit allows you to walk as He did, and do as He has done. “I will put my Spirit within you; you will come to life; I will place you in your own land.”

Laments

1 – Lord, where did I lose the sense that my life has holy purpose? Where did I quietly agree with the valley and start believing I’m just surviving in exile instead of sent as an army filled with your Spirit? Show me the places where my bones feel dry, my calling feels small, my story feels cut off… and teach me to pray, “Ruach of God, breathe on my purpose again.” (Repeat this prayer 10 times slowly while breathing deep.)

2 – Holy Spirit, where have I confused purpose with power, position, influence, or money? Make a list of the places you have chased being important more than being imparted-to; where you have wanted status more than Spirit, increase more than intimacy. Invite the Spirit to expose where you’ve measured your purpose by what you have instead of who you carry. Recite this prayer slowly: “Father, remind me my purpose is to rhythmically allow your Spirit to breathe on my soul… and in this place train and teach me to breathe on the dry and dead parts of others around me.”