Essential to Living & As Real as Air

To those “living,”

Is God really real? Let me rephrase that. Is God really real to you?

This morning I was listening to a song called “Abba” and in it the lyrics say, “You’re more real than the wind in my lungs.” Really? Is God more real to me than the very air that I breathe? I mean… I breathe a lot. Without air for more than just a few minutes survival is impossible. Life + no air = no life.

Is this the same with God? Is he as real to you as the air you are inhaling right this very moment? Would you, frankly put, die if he withdrew his presence from you for more than a few seconds?

I regret to say but I feel as if most of us already know the answer. Even for most of those who would check the “devout Christian” box on their proverbial religion cards would admit that as real as God is to them, that their lives could continue if God withdrew his presence. I’ll be honest: as much time as I spend attempting to advance the Kingdom, I can and will often go through the majority of the day forgetting to acknowledge that God is even there. Sure I do daily devotionals to Jesus, but for some reason after that He seems to take the backseat to my hectic schedule.

Why is this? 

When I went to Haiti, I met a missionary there who had the privilege to talk to an elderly man full of wisdom. This sage told him that, “He ( and every Christian) should depend on God so much that if HE ever failed them then they would die.” Let that marinate in your heart. Let that soak your dry bones. Let that become your anthem.

If God failed us would we perish or would we continue chugging on like we have always done.

Since I’m in the same boat as most, the only advice that I can offer is to stare at Jesus. Yes, stare at Jesus. Look Him right in the eye 24/7. No matter where you are or where you are going, if you want Jesus to be as real as the flesh of your skin then you need to constantly focus your mind on His face and His beauty. Only then will you find an intimacy with God that Satan could never shake.

So… is God your air?

Merely,

Chris Gerac

““One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.
“They are joined one to another;
They clasp each other and cannot be separated.” Job 41:16-17, NASB