“He said to me, ‘Mortal, can these bones live?’ I answered, ‘O Lord God, you know.’” Ezekiel 17:3
Ezekiel’s famous vision, The Valley of Dry Bones, was given to him more than 2500 years ago for the Babylonian exiles. However, God’s question to Ezekiel, "Can these dry bones live?" is a question still addressed to us at the end of the twentieth century. At times we ask it of our lives, our marriages, our churches, our nations, the world...
This striking vision is a prediction and a promise from God that He would deliver Israel out of captivity and return them to their home.
Are your bones tired? Do you feel lifeless? Only God can give us real life. We are dead in our sins until God, through His Holy Spirit, breathes life into us. By the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, God was able to bring life not only to the Jews but to all the world. You, too, can have the life of God's Spirit breathed into you. It all starts by accepting the sacrifice of God's Son, Jesus Christ. He died that you might be freed from the dead life of sin. Will you not have His life fill you today?
The Old Testament prophet Ezekiel portrayed to us a preview of the rebirth of the state of Israel in a unique analogy that has become an epic twentieth century miracle of enormous significance... in 2000 years billions have become alive, saved, and doing good works, praise the Lord.
Are your bones tired? Do you feel lifeless? Only God can give us real life. We are dead in our sins until God, through His Holy Spirit, breathes life into us. By the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, God was able to bring life not only to the Jews but to all the world. You, too, can have the life of God's Spirit breathed into you. It all starts by accepting the sacrifice of God's Son, Jesus Christ. He died that you might be freed from the dead life of sin. Will you not have His life fill you today?... You just have to have faith in Jesus Christ, and the Spirit is eager to come onto you... and you will see wonders, in yourself, in your family, in your church, in your town and nation, and yes, even in the world...
Prayer: Dear Lord of our lives, reveal to us the Will of your wisdom, the works of your grace and the strength of your mercy so that we may use it to proclaim your message of hope, love and peace through words and deeds. Amen.
