Tuesday
Read Ezekiel 37:1-14
I felt the powerful presence of the Lord, and his spirit took me and set me
down in a valley where the ground was covered with bones. 2He led me
all round the valley, and I could see that there were very many bones and that
they were very dry. 3He said to me, “Mortal man, can these bones
come back to life?”
I replied, “Sovereign Lord, only you can answer that!”
4 He said, “Prophesy to the bones.
Tell these dry bones to listen to the word of the Lord. 5Tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to them: I am going to
put breath into you and bring you back to life. 6I will give you
sinews and muscles, and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you and
bring you back to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
7 So I prophesied as I had been
told. While I was speaking, I heard a rattling noise, and the bones began to
join together. 8While I watched, the bones were covered with sinews
and muscles, and then with skin. But there was no breath in the bodies.
9 God said to me, “Mortal man,
prophesy to the wind.i Tell the wind that the Sovereign Lord commands it to come from every
direction, to breathe into these dead bodies, and to bring them back to life.”
10 So I prophesied as I had been
told. Breath entered the bodies, and they came to life and stood up. There were
enough of them to form an army.
11 God said to me, “Mortal man, the
people of Israel are like these bones. They say that they are dried up, without
any hope and with no future. 12So prophesy to my people Israel and
tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord,
am going to open their graves. I am going to take them out and bring them back
to the land of Israel. 13When I open the graves where my people are
buried and bring them out, they will know that I am the Lord. 14I will put my breath in them, bring them
back to life, and let them live in their own land. Then they will know that I
am the Lord. I have promised that
I would do this—and I will. I, the Lord,
have spoken.”
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Think
The prophet is called to prophesy to the bones, his prophecy causes them
to come alive. When you speak to others -
do your words give them life? Restore
their flesh?
Pray
Lord - help me to speak words of hope and renewal today. To others.
And to myself.
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