Have you ever felt dead inside? Maybe that was how the Hebrews felt in Ezekiel 37. So God took Ezekiel out and showed him an entire valley filled with human bones as far as the eye could see. God asks “Can these bones live?,” and Zeke says, “Only you know.” So God tells him to preach to the bones.
“While I was preaching, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. As I looked, tendons appeared, flesh grew, and skin covered them.” Then God told Ezekiel to preach to the breath. “So I preached and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, a vast army.”
God told Ezekiel this Valley of Dry Bones was Israel, and that He would breathe new life into the nation. “I will put My spirit in you, and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land.” Ezekiel 37:1-14.
Ezekiel is a book of prophecy, like Daniel and Revelation, and thus it contains some of the most mysterious passages in the Bible. Some scholars believe this is a picture of the way God restored the Jews to Israel in 1948. Others disagree.
But one thing I know: if you ever feel dead inside, you know THE GOD WHO RESTORES. He can breathe new life into your dry bones. He can save you, wash away your sins, and the guilt and death that go with them, and fill you with joy and energy and passion.
Dear God, we confess our sins. Make us humble and earnest—help us hunger and thirst for righteousness, and Lord, FILL US. Breathe new life into these dead bones! And help us to share that life with others who need Your love so badly.
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