TO LIVE AGAIN

Ezek. 37:4-6 Then he said to me, “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.’ ”  NLT

       I don’t know about you, but I would have loved to have been a witness to this event.  God told Ezekiel to speak to a bunch of dry bones!  I have spoken to a bunch of people like that over the years.  People do dry up spiritually.  There are some churches today who have been spiritually dry for a long time.  It doesn’t usually happen overnight.  It happens when the Word of God ceases to be the life food for the soul.  It happens when the church stops praying together for one another and others.  It happens when the church becomes more of a social gathering than a worship gathering.  Regardless of how it happens, people and churches dry up spiritually.

      The message God told Ezekiel to preach was THE WORD OF GOD.  It is the only remedy for dried up souls.  The Word of God is alive and active, sharper than any two-edged sword (Heb. 4:12).  It pierces deep into the soul and roots out sinful deeds and thoughts.  It gives hope to the dried up soul.  When God speaks, exciting things begin to happen!  The Lord’s message was that He was going to breathe life into the dead bones and give them life.  He can, because He is the source of all life.

       The Lord goes on to declare that not only would the bones be given life, they would be given an abundant life.  They would be clothed with flesh, muscles and skin.  This reminds us that there is so much more to life than just life; there is an abundance!  God provides all that we need to have life and so much more.   He equips us with all we need to live and serve Him.  We are not given life to stand around or to sit and vegetate.  We are blessed to know that He is Lord of life and to live to honor and serve Him.

      Has your soul dried up?  Do you need a fresh breath of God on you?  Get alone with the Lord and ask Him to breathe into you some fresh air.  Ask Him to take away from you all those things that have caused you to dry up.  Take all the time you need to sit down and read God’s Word and meditate on it.  Take all the time you need to pray until you know the Lord has touched you and breathed into you new life.

      Make a vow to the Lord today to let Him change you so that you might live again the abundant life He came to give you.