Daily Devotion, May 30, 2020

Devotion: Read Genesis 2:4-7.

  Because God has always existed, the Holy Spirit who is God has always existed. Genesis 1:2 says this Spirit was hovering over the waters at Creation and Genesis 2:7 says God’s breath (or “Spirit”) was breathed into the first human. So one of the primary activities of this Spirit is to create, to give life. We see that same activity happen when the angel tells Mary that the Holy Spirit will provide this new life of God’s Son, to whom she will be the mother.

  In Luke’s version of telling when the disciples received the Holy Spirit in a new way, this Spirit comes upon them at Pentecost in a powerful and dramatic scene. It is often said of this scene that the Church was birthed there.

  It is only with the breath that God has given us that we can live. And it is only by the Spirit of God that we can live life the way God intended for us to experience it. This Spirit gives us life and guides us in how to live life to the fullest. Anytime you feel like life has been taken out of you, ask God to give you new life and be assured that the Holy Spirit will fill you again. Personal Worship Option: Offer a prayer directly to the Holy Spirit, giving thanks for the presence of this life-giving Spirit in your life.