Breathe on me.

I have really been thinking lately about the difference between intellectually understanding God, and truly knowing Him and having him move in us. The difference between studying him and having the Spirit of God present in even our breath. The word 'pneuma' meaning both breath and spirit, creates the image of God breathing life into us. In Genesis 2 ,we read that God formed man from the dust and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. And so we, in accepting Christ's sacrifice on the cross invite Him to so deeply dwell in us that even our breath declares that He is Lord. And while we are still subject to flesh, we can daily deny our sin, because of the Grace we have received through Jesus. Our every breath cries out to our Lord and Maker. I don't always like Rob Bell and all that he represents, but I do enjoy his Nooma videos. He has one called "Breathe" that talks about this very subject. I think he misses, to a certain degree, the aspect of our sinful nature, but he discusses this concept that the spirit of God is so akin to the breath of God that He is present in every breath that we take.