Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37 has to be one of the coolest chapters in the Bible. Ezekiel, a man called to live out the message of God in bold ways, is led by the Spirit of God to a valley. As he looks around, he sees bones everywhere. They are laying on the ground, they are sticking up through the grass; the valley is full of old, dried up bones. Brittle, lifeless, God asks if these old, dry bones can come back to life. Ezekiel answers, that only God knows. All of a sudden there is a rattling sound. The bones begin to move! Muscle and skin begin to form over the bones. Now Ezekiel stands in a valley of dead bodies. But God is not finished. From the rattling of bones to the sound of a blowing wind, the bodies rise up. Ezekiel describes it as an army! What a picture! Old, used up, dead, lifeless bones can be healed, mended, rebuilt, reclaimed to become an army for the Lord! What does it take? The power of God. But this is God’s promise to us. A promise of transformation. A promise of new life. A promise of relationship and intimacy. Nothing can stand in the way of God’s power at work in your life!