It is easy to think that this tragic life stumbles on without this active input of God's spirit. Job, a man who became weary of this life, was reminded of this by another prophet: "If he (God) gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust" (Job 34:14,15). When pulling out of a similar trough of depression, David asked God to continue to uphold him with this spirit, i.e. to preserve his life (Ps. 51:12).
Ni rahisi kudhani kwamba maisha haya yamepatikana kwa bahati bila kuingizwa Roho ya Mungu. Ayubu, mtu aliyechoshwa na maisha haya, alikumbushwa na Nabii mwingine: "(Mungu) akajikusanyia Roho yake na pumzi zake; wenye mwili wote wataangamia pamoja, nao wanadamu watarejea Kuwa mavumbi"(Ayubu. 34:14,15).Alipoondoka katika bonde la mfano mmoja wa huzuni, Daudi alimwomba Mungu aendelee kumtegemeza na Roho hii, yaani, kuhifadhi uhai wake (Zab. 51:12).