Meditation
YOU SHALL LIVE
Text: Ezekiel 37
10 September 2017
THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES
This was a daunting and depressing vision. The description of the vision.
- Full of bones Ezekiel 37:1
- Very many in the open valley Ezekiel 37:2
- They were very dry Ezekiel 37:2
(They have been dead for a long time)
THE WORD OF HOPE GIVEN
Ezekiel could not imagine how the dry bones could ever come alive. God’s word to him was therefore important. The word of the Lord given (Ezekiel 37:4-6).
- I will cause breath to enter into you
- You shall live
- I will put sinews on you
- And bring flesh on you
- And cover you with skin
- And put breath in you
- And you shall live
THE MEANING OF THE PROPHECY
The meaning of the prophecy was explained by the Lord (Ezekiel 37:11-14).
- These bones are the whole house of Israel
- They indeed say
a) Our bones are dry
b) Our hope is lost
c) And we ourselves are cut off.
The sense of despair was deep. The whole nation was dry spiritually and was unable to come alive to the Lord as His people.
GOD’S WORD OF PROMISE
The Lord gave Israel a tremendous sense of hope through this vision (Ezekiel 37:11-14).
- I will open your graves
- And cause you to come out from your graves
- And bring you into the land of Israel
- I will put My Spirit in you
- And you shall live
OUR CHALLENGE TODAY
To come alive to God. To seek the renewal that comes from the Spirit of God filling our lives! Let us take heart that God has the power to make very dry bones come alive through the ministry of the Spirit of God!