Before the day was over, the woman was telling everyone, “Come and see! Could this be the Christ?”^[4]

Indeed it was…and is. As He provided for the multitudes, He gives us the spiritual food and water we need to survive and His Holy Spirit gives us the spiritual air.

This is the Air I Breathe 

I recently read a quote by singer/songwriter Michael W. Smith in which he said, “I think worship is a lifestyle, first of all.”

I wonder if he might have had those words in mind as he penned Breathe, a worship song that reminds us first and foremost our source for spiritual survival. Air, water, food. Without it…without Him…there is no life.

Editorial Correction: Thanks to the reader who alerted us to the following error. While Michael W. Smith is recognized for his arrangement and performance of Breathe, the songwriting credit belongs to Marie Barnett, copyright #1874117, in 1995 with Mercy/Vineyard Publishing.

Eva Marie Everson is the author of the recently published Oasis, A Spa for Body & Soul (Baker, 2007). An award-winning speaker and writer, she speaks both nationally and internationally approximately 20 times a year. Her passion is for the body of Christ to hear His Father’s heartbeat.

[1] Genesis 1: 1-2

[2] Genesis 2:6

[3] Paraphrased by the author from John 6

[4] Paraphrased by author from John 4