A Quickening spirit

October 31, 2004
I Cor. 15:45 - "Thus it is written, the first man, Adam, became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a Quickening Spirit (life-giving Spirit restoring the dead to life."

Genesis 2:7 says after You formed Adam from the dust of the ground, he was lifeless until You breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life.  Then man became a living being.  At this point man was an eternal being, BUT when he sinned, he had to die for his sin.  "But God" (again, I love that phrase)...But God, in Your mercy knew in advance this would happen.   You had a plan all along. 

Jesus, Your Son would become a man, live a sinless life, and become the perfect sacrifice to pay not only for Adam's since, but for everyone of us through eternity.  When we believe Jesus is Your Son, accept his payment for our sin and repent, then You breath that Quickening Spirit into us.  Your Holy Spirit in me will never leave.  He is my physical and spiritual life, my energy in every way.  He is the air I breathe, the food that sustains me.  Life-giving and life-restoring and most important, life-keeping!

Lord, I praise You for the presence of your Quickening Spirit that abides in me.  May I never quench or stifle Him.  Enable me to hear His voice and to obey in every way.  May I always allow His power to work on me, in me, and through me.  Praise to your Quickening Spirit!