SPEAK TO THE DRY BONES
Sometimes it seems as if the church has lost its life and vitality. It is as if it has dried up and become like a bunch of dry bones. Many see Christians as impotent and ineffective in a world that, more than ever, needs to know the precious love of God. The prophet Ezekiel prophetically spoke about this very thing, and I believe it relates to our day in a significant way.
Ezekiel 37:1-7 The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “Sovereign LORD, you alone know.”
4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! 5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded.
The question is, can these dry bones come to life? The answer is yes! With God, all things are possible! Mt 19:26 Speaking of the days we are living in, the prophet Isaiah said, “For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. Isaiah 60:2 The darkness he is speaking of here is the inability to perceive the truth of God. As we see many turning from faith in God, know that God has a plan; he has an ace up his sleeve! God is getting ready to release the greatest revival we have ever known!
God commanded the prophet Isaiah to use his mouth to speak over what was dead and command it to live. I believe that God is calling us to do the same! It is time for us to speak! It is time for us to pray! It is time for the body of Christ to come alive so that the world can know of the precious love of Jesus! Just as the world was created through the spoken word of God, so we must use the power in our tongue to release the purposes of heaven!
Proverbs 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Come on! Let’s seize the moment! Like the prophet Isaiah, it is our time to…
SPEAK TO THE DRY BONES
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