1
Corinthians 2:12 (New King James Version, NKJV).
Now we have received, not the spirit
of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things
that have been freely given to us by God.
We have an
eight year old niece that is the daughter of my wife’s brother. She recently
went shopping with my wife and wanted to buy some balloons that came with a
small pump to inflate them. When she got up to the counter my wife gave her the
money to pay for them. As the cashier rang them up she asked him, “Does the air
come with this pump?”
Have you
ever stopped for a moment and thought about all the things that we take for
granted that God has freely given us? You more than likely have at some point. Life
itself is the free gift of God. Everything that has life is of God. He was the source of life, and that life was
the light for humanity (John 1:4 GODS WORD Translation, GWT). From the
microscopic life forms to the giant Redwood trees and from ladybugs to
giraffes; God gave life to it all. There is no life that He did not create; All things were made through Him, and
without Him nothing was made that was made (John 1:3 NKJV).
Aren’t you
glad today that God does not charge us for the food He provides, the water He
gives, and the very air we breathe? We pay people for access to it but they did
not pay God for it. Compressed air can cost money but air itself is free. Take
away air and living things die. If you have ever had breathing problems you can
appreciate a deep breath but if you have never had issues then chances are you
have taken each single breath for granted.
The cashier
was stunned when our niece asked him if air came with the pump. He had never
thought about it apparently. If you are ever asked that question you can now
answer it confidently; yes, yes it does, and it is free!
Let
everything that has breath praise the Lord! (Psalm 150:6).