Today, I am reading and commenting on Ezekiel 37-38.
My lovely wife married me 22 years ago on the 23rd of this month. So I am going to wish her Happy Anniversary every day from now until then.
Happy Anniversary, Darling!
I really like the prophecy of the valley of dry bones. It reminds me of the congregations I have known over the years which seemed like they were as good as dead. The membership had shrunk, and for the most part gotten old. No one really thought they would ever grow again, and those still attending were doing so because finding a new congregation was too much work. Usually, the larger Church body they were part of was just waiting for enough members to die off that they could close it. This prophecy reminds us that thinking that way is a mistake. Certainly, most of those congregations eventually ran their course, or will run their course, and closed, but if God wishes He will breathe new life into them and revive them. If you are part of such a congregation, or, if you even just know of one, pray that God will do just that. That He will breathe His Spirit into those who still attend that congregation and light them on fire for Him. Pray that God will breath new life into those dull, moribund congregations so that they will be light in the darkness. However, let us not forget what comes before God breathing new life into them. First, He pulls the bones together, then attaches tendons and muscles to those bones, finally, He covers this new flesh with skin to protect it from the elements. Only then does God breathe life into what was dead, dry bones. The same is true of individual people as well. God may breathe His Spirit into someone who has become tired and “dried up”, so that His energy and light flows through them once more. Let us pray that God pours His Spirit out onto the Church in this country, and throughout the world, so that it becomes the army He intends it to be to transform society around us.
I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.