When your soul is thirsty, EEW Magazine Online Founder, Dianna Hobbs, stays serving up that Living Water! Today, she reminds you that when God breathes on your situation, everything changes. And because He’s breathing right now, resurrection, restoration, and renewal are inevitable.

I was spending time with the Lord today when He led me to an old blog post—from 14 years ago— where I was testifying about His goodness.

You may already know this testimony, especially if you’ve been following me consistently for a while.

In February 2011, after wrist surgery, I went into shock and suffered full cardiac arrest. My heart stopped beating. For five long minutes, doctors couldn’t revive me. I could feel the breath leaving my body, the life slipping away, and though I couldn’t move, I could hear the panic in the room. The code blue call. The rushed footsteps. The medical team scrambling to save me.

Then, just before everything went black, I heard one final thing.

God said, “You’ve got people praying for you.”

When I opened my eyes, a nurse was holding my hand, pleading with me to come back. Tubes were everywhere. I was confused, overwhelmed, stunned by the medical equipment surrounding me. They said I gave them quite a scare.

That experience changed my life.

I know what it feels like to have the breath leave your body and to be brought back by the grace and power of God. That’s why I can boldly declare: God still breathes life into what looks dead!

Can I get a witness on that?

So if you’re reading this today, hear me: this word is for you. God is about to revive the places in your life the enemy tried to bury. He’s bringing new life to the parts of you that look too far gone. Just like He did for me, He’s showing you that resurrection is not a thing of the past; it’s happening now.

In Ezekiel 37, the prophet is led by God into a valley full of dry bones: lifeless, scattered, and long dead. Then God asks, “Can these bones live?”

Maybe you’ve been asking the same thing.

After all the loss, heartbreak, and disappointments… is there anything left in your life that can live again?

Yes. Because God still breathes.

What looks dead to you is not beyond His power.

He speaks to dry places and they respond. He breathes, and what was dead begins to rise. “This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.” — Ezekiel 37:5

Your dreams? Not too far gone.
Your hope? Not beyond revival.
Your story? Not over.

The valley is not your ending place. It’s where God breathes—and you live again!

In Ezekiel 37, the word often translated as "breath," "wind," or "spirit" is the Hebrew word Ruach (pronounced roo-akh). It appears multiple times in the valley of dry bones passage (Ezekiel 37:1–14).

What does Ruach mean? Spirit (as in the Spirit of God); Breath (literal breath in the lungs); Wind (moving air, symbol of life or force).

It’s the same word used in Genesis 2:7 when God breathed life into Adam, and in Genesis 1:2 where the Spirit of God (Ruach Elohim) hovers over the waters at creation. So, Ruach represents the animating force of God, His power to create, revive, and restore.

The same Ruach, the breath of God, that hovered over the waters in Genesis, that raised dry bones in Ezekiel’s vision, that brought me back to life in the hospital, and that brought Jesus out of the grave, is breathing into your situation right now.

When God exhales, dead things live again. When God exhales, new creations emerge. When God exhales, the weary receive strength. I dare you to cry out, “Lord, breathe on me. Holy Spirit, fall afresh on me!”

He’s doing it right now. I sense His presence so strong.

In John 20:22, Jesus breathed on the disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” His exhale empowered them to excel. And God told me to tell somebody reading this: “You’re about to excel—because He has exhaled.”

He has breathed on your vision.
Breathed on your ministry.
Breathed on your finances.
Breathed on your body.
Breathed on your business.
Breathed on your next move.

What looked lifeless is about to live again. His breath is the difference. And now that He has exhaled, you will excel.

As you drink down the contents of your cup, I’m stirring Job 33:4 into your cup of inspiration as the sweetener, which says: “The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life” (NIV).

As you drink down the contents of your cup, rejoice and know that God has exhaled over you. And because of His breath, you will rise, you will recover, and you will excel.

I feel a breakthrough in the spirit and a shift in the atmosphere. God is breathing right now—and everything is changing for the better!

Do you believe it?

Let’s pray.

God, thank You for breathing new life into every dry and desolate place. Your Word says that the breath of the Almighty gives us life. And today, I receive that life by faith. I declare that this is my season of divine exhale, where You are restoring me, resurrecting me, lifting me, and empowering me to excel. Thank You for fresh wind. Thank You for fresh fire. Thank You for fresh purpose. Thank You for fresh favor. Thank You for fresh mercy every day. I believe it, I receive it, and I declare—it is done. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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