“And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
‭‭John‬ ‭20‬:‭22‬ ‭NIV‬‬

There is a scene in the movie “Narnia” where the lion, Aslan, breathes on a hard and stony statue that Mr. Tumnus had become. The breath of the lion caused the hardness to melt and Mr. Tumnus to come to life. This hardness and stoniness came about by Edmond’s sin.

“Narnia” was written as an allegory or a story example for the real truth. This truth is about Jesus, whom the lion Aslan represents. After Jesus resurrected from the dead, He appeared to His disciples, the ones who abandoned Him in His worst hour. They were the ones who failed Him miserably. They were behind locked doors in a room hiding in fear when Jesus appeared. Jesus did not spend extensive time recounting how they had failed. Instead He breathed. It is His breath that melts hearts of stone. Jesus’s breath is life! He also instructed them to receive the Holy Spirit, the power from on high the very wind and fire from Heaven.

Jesus still breathes on us today. Each of us are hardened by our sinful choices. Each of us are dead inside. There is only one way to come to life! That is to allow God, Yahweh, to breathe on us! We need to receive the promised Holy Spirit to live within us. He longs to change us from death to life! But we must choose!

Every choice we make to follow our own ways will only lead to death, darkness, and destruction. It is only when we stop living our lives after ourselves and allow Jesus to breath His breath of life upon us that we can be transformed. We can live the life free of the sin that hardens and destroys us.

May our hearts cry be, Jesus breathe on me! I receive Your breath of life!