Ezekiel 37-39; Psalm 129
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“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will
remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” (Ezekiel 36:26)
I absolutely love how God uses pictures and stories to help us see
and understand things … and what an unforgettable image God gives us in Ezekiel
chapter 37. The valley of dry
bones – bones bleached by the sun covering the floor of a valley, and God asks,
“Can these bones live?” A
reasonable answer would be “of course not,” but Ezekiel answers wisely, “O
Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”
God not only brings the bones together and covers them with tendons,
flesh, and skin, but then breathes life into them. “…And breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on
their feet—a vast army.”
God told Ezekiel that these bones were the whole house of
Israel. They believed that all
hope was gone, but God promised, “I will put my Spirit in you and you will
live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have
done it, declares the Lord.” (Ezekiel 37:14)
I hesitated on what to write about today because within these
chapters of Ezekiel there is also a lot of historical as well as futuristic
prophetic stuff that is very interesting and would be great to dive into a
little deeper. But I couldn’t get
this image out of my head of hopelessness. Dry bones, completely lifeless, so far gone, worth nothing …
but Sovereign Lord can bring them to life and make them strong. There are people everywhere who feel
hopeless. I just want them to know
… God wants them to know … you are not done, you are not too far gone, you are
not worthless. He says “I will
give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.” He will breathe life into you and stand you up on your
feet!
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