Dry Bones

As God instructed Ezekiel about the people of Israel, Ezekiel 37 speaks to us today about our dry spirits. God promised to breathe life back into His people. He reminds Israel that He is The Sovereign Lord. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. When He breathed his Spirit into them, He restored peace and hope into their lives and led them out of captivity. He is waiting to do the same for us. We just have to let him into our lives and when we do we have to allow Him to take over more and more of us. God wants to be Lord Of All, not just of pieces of our life, or only for an hour on a Sunday morning.

I feel dry when I am not spending enough time with Him. When I feel empty, I have nothing to give anyone else. When I am not feeding my spirit, I feel dry and empty. During these barren times I lack the inspiration needed to share my faith with you. Just living life and handling its busyness redirects my focus. Traveling from Florida and caring for the needs of my family cause my schedule and priorities to change. We all have these dry times but we cannot stay in the desert.

How can these dry bones become alive again? God said to Ezekiel, “Speak to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord! This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to breathe into you and make you live again! I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17). We will experience God’s power as the Holy Spirit breathes life into our spirits.

Meditating on God and His word refreshes and renews my mind. As I praise Him and talk to Him he is able to talk to me and somehow I just know what I should share before sitting down to type. Worshiping with others, singing hymns, reading the word, personal and group bible studies, listening to Christian radio and TV, and spending quiet time talking to and praising God are all ways in which my spirit is instructed and renewed by God.

In the New Testament God speaks to the followers of Jesus on the day of Pentecost. The Christ followers felt lost and empty after His death, burial, and resurrection. In obedience to God they waited in Jerusalem as instructed. God proved His Sovereignty as the Holy Spirit fell on them, breathed life into them, gave them power, and increased their faith and witness.

The people of Israel survived their exile in Babylon, the followers of Jesus survived His crucifixion, and with God, we will survive anything which we are facing in our present lives. God is searching, waiting, and always ready to breathe life into us. He will bring us into a deeper walk when we come to Him open, believing, and seeking His presence and power in our lives.
Praise be to God!