The God Who Gives Life: His Breath, His Order, His Redemption

Vince Mack
Jan 14
4 min read

In the Beginning: When God Spoke, Life Responded

Before anything existed, God already was. Genesis 1:1–3 (NLT) says: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty… And the Spirit of God was hovering… Then God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” Letting the weight of this truth settle into us changes the way we see everything. It pulls our perspective upward and widens our hearts to the endless depth of God’s love—love that existed before anything had shape or name.

And not just His love, but His incomparable power too. There is nothing more transformative than the voice of God. When He speaks,things move. Nothing stays the same. All through Genesis 1, you see the same rhythm: “Then God said…and that is what happened.” Light separated from darkness. Waters pulled back to reveal land, and the sky stretched into place. Creation simply responded to the sound of His voice — because He is the Source of life and order itself.

Made in His Image: Designed to Carry His Life

Our very composition is molded from the eternality—the foreverness—of God’s love and power. When He looks at us, He wants to see His image, and indeed does. He sees always who we are ten thousand years from now and blessed us eternally in Christ even before the foundation of the world—even before we entered our mother’s wombs. The truth helps us to understand that we exist because of His selflessness—His eternal self-giving nature. He’s given us the unfathomable privilege to reflect His light, and to do this, we must know it.

Knowing this isn’t just a head thing—it’s a heart thing. The awareness that God’s power and love have already shaped our beginning, and will shape our forever, changes how we live today. It invites us to walk differently, speak differently, and love differently, because we’re not living as orphans but as children of the One who formed us with intention. To reflect His light isn’t a suggestion—it’s a calling woven into our very DNA. And the beautiful part is that His Spirit equips us for it, nudging, guiding, reminding us of who we really are. When we grasp even a fraction of that, our ordinary moments start carrying eternity, and our choices start bearing the imprint of the One who made all things.

God didn’t just shape the world — He shaped us. Genesis tells us, “Let us make human beings in our image… male and female he created them.” We were created to reflect Him — His love, His wisdom, His authority. Then Genesis 2:7 (NLT) gives us one of the most intimate moments in all Scripture: “Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust… He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.” It was God’s breath that activated Adam. Without that breath, Adam would have just been formed dust — shaped, but not alive. Life was always meant to be ongoing, overflowing, eternal. We were created for fellowship with God and to live out the authority of Christ that He placed in us. Every part of our being carries His imprint, resonating with the life and purpose He breathed into us from the very beginning.

Walking Out of Adam’s Shadow

There’s a real danger in getting obsessed with the soul and the flesh—so trapped in our own twisted ideas about who we are and why we’re here—that we keep living in Adam’s shadow instead of standing in Christ’s resurrection. Even as believers, we can slip into that mindset. Mentally and emotionally, we cut ourselves off from the truth that Jesus is the One who crushed the serpent’s power once and for all. The moment we forget that, we start running on fake power—something that might give a quick high, a momentary rush, but has no life, no light, no eternity. That kind of fuel will burn you out, and worse, it keeps you from the life God meant for you. We must be guided by the eternal light of Christ. Letting ourselves be manipulated to do otherwise is a dangerous proposition.

But here’s the good news: we don’t have to stay stuck in that shadow. Christ’s resurrection power is already available to us. When we align our minds, hearts, and choices with Him, we start living in a reality where the serpent has no hold—where our strength comes from the life of Christ, not our temporary fixes. Resurrection power isn’t just a story from the past; it’s the present, active force of God that transforms our thoughts, emotions, and every decision we make. Stepping into it means we’re no longer running on fake fuel—we’re walking in the light and life God designed for us from the very beginning.

Ultimately, all of this points to one unshakable truth: God is the Source of life, and His life brings order, restoration, and hope. His breath gave Adam life, His Word set the universe in motion, and His Son restored what was lost through sin. When we connect with Him, we’re not just surviving—we’re stepping into the fullness of His life, walking in His order, and living redeemed. That’s the God who is love—who gives life, liberty, love, and light. He’s inviting us to live in Him, every single day. ■

“God Who Gives Life: His Breath, His Order, His Redemption”, written for Blessing Beads and More© 2025. All rights reserved. All praise and honor to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.