Inhale

A few years ago, I was pumping gas at a station on a chilly fall day.  I stayed outside of my car while I filled up my tank even though it was rather cold.  Just across from me there was a car with a lady who was filling up her car as well, but because of the chill she decided to wait inside while her tank was filling up.  While her tank was filling up I noticed something extremely sad but also interesting.  A young man, who appeared to be her son, was inside the car sitting in the passenger seat.  While he sat there, the lady proceeded to pull out a cigarrette and began to smoke.  I have probably seen it before, but this time I watched it with fresh eyes.  Here was a mother who was smoking with her son sitting there inhaling everything that she was putting out.  The windows were rolled up and there was no escape from him inhaling ALL of the nicotine that she blew out.  Whether or not he wanted to smoke didn't matter.  He was smoking, just because of his proximaty to his mother.  Because of how close he was sitting to her and the fact that there was no other ventilation, he was taking in everything.

While driving home, God gave me this revelation:  Wouldn't it be great, if I was so close to Jesus that I inhaled everything that He put out?!?!?  Every blessing, every miracle, every instruction, every direction that I needed to be absorbed in my life would be received because of how close I was to him!  What usually happens to most of us though is that we end up chocking and coughing terribly in life because we are inhaling the wrong people, places, and things.  We get so close to certain people that we inhale every bad habit that they give off.  We get extremely close to certain places (not for the sake of ministry lol) that the poor stench of remains on us for years!  We get too close to things that we wonder why is so hard to shake bad habits!

However the word is clear: By beholding we become changed!  Our behavior really reveals what we are inhaling!!!  Are you chocking your way through life?  Or do you breathe easy?  iNHALE Jesus today!