The very first sermon at Waypoint carried a simple point: we are nothing but dirt…yet dirt with a purpose.

Genesis 2:7 tells us that “the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” Even Adam’s name comes from the Hebrew root adamah—“dirt.” In a sense, Adam could be translated as “mud-man.” But our story does not end with the humbling reminder that we are mere mud.

That dirt became Adam when God breathed His own breath of life into him. Our very breath reminds us of our dependence on God. Long before “mindfulness,” Scripture understood the centering power of breath. Each inhale returns us to the source of life. Job 33:4 declares, “The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.” You can survive months without food, weeks without water, but only minutes without breath. That is how deeply we depend on the Lord’s presence.

Then God gave Adam one more task: to name the animals (Genesis 2:19–20). With the breath God supplied, Adam was to bring order and honor to creation. The mud became man by God’s breath—and that breath was meant to bless the world. Proverbs 18:21 reminds us, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” With our words we can wound, but with our words we can also bless.

So it is with us. God has formed us from the dust and breathed His Spirit into us for a mission. We are nothing but dirt, but dirt with a purpose—created to speak words of life and blessing into the world around us.

This week, pay attention to your breath. Let each inhale remind you of your dependence on God, and let each exhale be used to speak life into others. As Paul urges in Ephesians 4:29, “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up.” You are dirt, but dirt with a divine purpose—go bless others with your words.