Talking to Dead Bones

I was reading today in Ezekiel 37:1…

“The hand of the Lord was upon me” (Ezekiel).

Then God took Ezekiel to a valley full of dry bones.
And God led him to walk around the bones.

Bones, bones and more bones – EVERYWHERE DRY BONES!

Then God told him to TALK TO THE BONES!

The hand of God on Ezekiel resulted in God asking him to
do some CRAZY things.

God dropped Ezekiel in a valley. And the hand of God upon him
and the leading of His Spirit took him to a DRY PLACE.

When we sense the hand of God upon us, we tend to
think in terms of mountain top experiences, not valleys.

The hand of God upon me may result in God asking me
to do something that absolutely DOES NOT fit my thinking!

Imagine Ezekiel on UTube today… “Religious fanatic loses his mind…
wandering in the desert… talking to bones.”

God used real life drama to speak to Ezekiel.
He used a multi-sensory experience to communicate His thoughts.

God explained what he was doing AFTER Ezekiel obeyed him.
We want to know what God is doing BEFORE we obey him.

We want God to fit out thinking. We feel its our right to know
WHY He is doing what He is doing.

Ezekiel was clueless. He just followed His leading.

Finally, the dead bones came back to life.
DEAD BONES = GOD’S PEOPLE. Spiritually dry and hopeless.

“I will put my Spirit in you and you will live.” (Ezekiel 37:14a)

God brought the dynamic of His Spirit and His people came back
to life! May He do the same today.