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GIRLFRIENDS IN GOD DEVOTIONAL 17TH MARCH 2022 – WHEN YOU’VE HAD THE BREADTH KNOCKED OUT OF YOU

GIRLFRIENDS IN GOD DEVOTIONAL.

Girlfriends in God Daily Devotional For Women for today is here. This daily those is put together by women from different parts of the world to encourage and equip other women in their spiritual journey. Read and be blessed.

Girlfriends in God Devotional.
Girlfriends in God Devotional.

 The Topic of Girlfriends in God Daily devotional For 17th March 2022 is “When You’ve Had the Breath Knocked Out of You”.

Today’s Truth: Job 12:10 NIV

In His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

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If you’ve ever experienced getting the breath knocked out of you, then you never forget the feeling. Mine was in the second grade. I tapped on the shoulder of the boy in front of me to let him know the bus line was moving. Only he didn’t care. When panic seized, and I thought we would be left behind, I tapped on his shoulder once more. He chose that moment to turn around and punch me in the gut. The wind left my lungs, and I fell to the floor, unable to make even a whisper. Needless to say, I missed the bus, and he spent lunch and recess with the principal for the week.

The next time I got the wind knocked out of me wasn’t due to a physical blow but because of emotional force. The doctor stole my breath when she issued my daughter’s terminal diagnosis. Perhaps you’ve been there.

Life can hit you hard. So hard the breath you often take for granted is suddenly gone, and you’re left gasping. This feeling reminds me of a Bible story about a man we know as Job.

His life started great, in fact, the greatest!

“In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East” (Job 1:1-3 NIV).

Can you get any better than “the greatest?” But this God-fearing man was hated by Satan for his righteous ways, and with the Lord’s hedge of protection removed, Job lost everyone in his life and everything he owned. All in a single day. Job must have felt gut-punched, wordless, and, yes, breathless. Why did this happen? It seemed that God allowed the enemy to suck the life right out of Job.

Job certainly felt the effects of Satan’s blow, but he ultimately chose to align his heart with the truth. Could he dare to think that his knowledge surpassed that of his Creator? So he stopped asking God why and instead surrendered to the One who breathed life into his soul. Every breath is a gift from the Father. As long as oxygen filled his lungs, life had purpose and meaning. He could trust the One who inhaled for him, exhaled over him, and breathed through him.
And so can we.

I love what Job said about his trials at the end. “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you” (Job 42:5 NIV).  What a gift.

Let’s Pray

Jesus, today appears gigantic, and my heart is suffocating with the weight of the world. Right now, I can’t think past the hour, much less the entire day. This moment alone threatens to smother, and I need Your love to fill me. As life transcends from You, may my every breath rely on Your holy power to inhale for me, to exhale over me, and to breathe through me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Now It’s Your Turn

When have you felt that you needed God to breathe for you? Share in the comments!

Girlfriends in God Daily Devotional for Women was written by Joanna Teigen  for the Girlfriends in God Ministry.

Girlfriends in God is a non-denominational ministry that crosses generational and racial boundaries to bring the Body of Christ together as believers. Just as God sent Ruth to Naomi and Mary to Elizabeth, God continues to use women to encourage and equip other women in their spiritual journey. We are doing life together!

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