Inspiration
Don't be inspired today - INSPIRE! How do you go about being an 'inspiration' to those around you? You have to inspire. Interesting concept that formed the foundation of this blog. To understand the word 'inspire,' it helps to put it next to it's evil twin - 'expire.' This gives you a 'breathe in-breathe out' image. So you breathe in the Word of God (which He has breathed out to all men - II Tim 3:16), and you can't hold it in forever (II Cor 4:13), so you breathe out (II Tim 4:2).
Men have long appreciated that our breath is in God's hand (Job 12:10, Dan 5:23). So sitting where you are, take a deep breath, then look up the verses above, and maybe the ones below, and see if you're left a little more inspired than when you got here.
I pray you will be.
Gen 2:7, II Sam 22:16, Job 4:9, Job 34:14-15, Job 37:9-10, Ps 18:15, Ps 33:6, Ps 104:29, Is 2:22, Is 42 (all of it!), Ez 37:1-14, Acts 17:24-28