Ezekial 37- The Valley of Dry Bones.
The story starts....Ezekiel is having a vision. The spirit sets him in the middle of a valley. Back and forth he walks amongst all these dry bones, piles and piles of them. Looking at how dry they were the Lord asks Ezekiel, "Can these bones live?". Ezekiel replies, "O Soveriegn Lord, you alone know"
The Lord asks Ezekiel to Prophesy to the bones- "Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord."
He did as he was commanded and as he spoke, the bones began to rattle and come together, bone to bone. Tendons and flesh appeared, however no breath. He was then commanded a second time to prophecy to the four winds- as he did, breath entered them. They stood on their feet- a vast army!
They said, "Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone, we are cut off."
The Lord responds with "...I will put my Spirit within you and you will live"
Woah! Now relate that to the people you know? Desperate for hope! Crying out for help! Suffering from this world we live in! Cut off from God....yet they don't even know it. It's not fair! How can they expereince the hope and love Jesus has to offer if they don't hear it from someone...better yet see it practically displayed?
My dream is that by investing into the lives of young people, breathing hope and life into them one by one we will see vast armies emerge in the generations to come - shouting and declaring His Mighty name! Living lives that are Heaven focused, creating a domino effect of revival for generations in their wake.
Can you imagine it? Quite often I can't. I limit God in what I think He is capable of doing, based on what my own limitations are. How wrong and silly I can be. One of little faith is another way to put it.
The other part of this chapter I love is the fact that Ezekiel, in obedience, did what he was told and prophecied and immediately stuff began to happen. However, the bones were still just as dead. It was God that finished what He started and sent His Holy Spirit to dwell amongst them and produce life. That is something us in ourselves cannot do. Which reminds me of the power and might of the God that I love. We can't do it on our own- He wants to do it alongside of us anyway.....not by himself, or our own lonesome...but together in unity!
How precious it is that I can have a personal relationship with this God- the creator and Saviour of all.
Thankyou - I love you Lord,
Nat x
The story starts....Ezekiel is having a vision. The spirit sets him in the middle of a valley. Back and forth he walks amongst all these dry bones, piles and piles of them. Looking at how dry they were the Lord asks Ezekiel, "Can these bones live?". Ezekiel replies, "O Soveriegn Lord, you alone know"
The Lord asks Ezekiel to Prophesy to the bones- "Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord."
He did as he was commanded and as he spoke, the bones began to rattle and come together, bone to bone. Tendons and flesh appeared, however no breath. He was then commanded a second time to prophecy to the four winds- as he did, breath entered them. They stood on their feet- a vast army!
They said, "Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone, we are cut off."
The Lord responds with "...I will put my Spirit within you and you will live"
Woah! Now relate that to the people you know? Desperate for hope! Crying out for help! Suffering from this world we live in! Cut off from God....yet they don't even know it. It's not fair! How can they expereince the hope and love Jesus has to offer if they don't hear it from someone...better yet see it practically displayed?
My dream is that by investing into the lives of young people, breathing hope and life into them one by one we will see vast armies emerge in the generations to come - shouting and declaring His Mighty name! Living lives that are Heaven focused, creating a domino effect of revival for generations in their wake.
Can you imagine it? Quite often I can't. I limit God in what I think He is capable of doing, based on what my own limitations are. How wrong and silly I can be. One of little faith is another way to put it.
The other part of this chapter I love is the fact that Ezekiel, in obedience, did what he was told and prophecied and immediately stuff began to happen. However, the bones were still just as dead. It was God that finished what He started and sent His Holy Spirit to dwell amongst them and produce life. That is something us in ourselves cannot do. Which reminds me of the power and might of the God that I love. We can't do it on our own- He wants to do it alongside of us anyway.....not by himself, or our own lonesome...but together in unity!
How precious it is that I can have a personal relationship with this God- the creator and Saviour of all.
Thankyou - I love you Lord,
Nat x
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