WHOSE VOICE DO YOU HEAR? 79until the breath of life came. The Bible says that God
"breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living being" (Gen. 2:7).
The breath of God is the Holy Ghost. Here is how Job
described it: "The Spirit of God has made me, / And the
breath of the Almighty gives me life" (Job 33:4).
The moment God breathed into Adam, he came alive.
When Adam opened his eyes the first contact he had was
with the Holy Ghost. For He was the breath that flowed
through Adam's body and remained hovering over him.
Adam stood up completely filled with the presence of God.
The Scripture tells me that God the Holy Spirit was the
power of creation. "By His Spirit He adorned the
heavens" (Job 26:13).
What is even more exciting, however, is that God wants
to take that same Spirit and give Him to you. He actually
wants to "pour" Him on you:
Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness remain in the fruitful field. (Isa. 32:15-16)
What a wonderful promise. God wants to pour His
Spirit on you. He wants to breathe His Spirit into you. He
wants you, like Adam, to come alive!
Realizing that the breath of God is the Spirit of God
was for me like discovering a buried treasure. Have you
ever heard the voice of the Almighty speaking to you?
Many people have. But exactly who was speaking? Whose
voice did you hear?
I believe you hear the Holy Spirit. He is the one who
communicates the voice of God. The description of God the