We live in times that a lot of people have either lost hope or almost in the process of losing hope to live for tomorrow and the days ahead. This is because we face severe challenges, circumstances or situations that seem too complex and seem to defy logic. Many times as human beings, we want to figure out things by ourselves and the trajectory they are likely to take. But unfortunately that is not how they work in the spiritual realm.
The hand of the LORD came upon Ezekiel the prophet and the Spirit of the Lord set him down in the midst of the valley of the dry bones. And the Lord caused him to pass by them all and indeed they were very many and very dry. Asked by the Lord whether these bones could live, Ezekiel responded “O Lord God, You know”. How could you have responded if this question was posed to you? Maybe most likely by saying its impossible!
The Lord said to Ezekiel “Prophesy to these bones,and let them hear the word of the Lord”.Whose word do you use to speak to your dry things, circumstances in your life?.The Lord’s word was that “Surely,I will cause breath to enter into you.and you shall live,I will put sinews on you,will bring flesh upon you,cover you with skin and put breath in you,and you shall live “then you shall know that Iam the LORD.Understand friend that restoration,revival is a process and must not be confused with what many think and imagine that they can turn on and off God when they want to their demands met.God is a timing God and has an opportune time for everything.
So Ezekiel prophesied as commanded by the Lord and there was a noise and suddenly a rattling ,and the bones came together ,bone to bone. A valley that was full of very dry bones, suddenly there appeared to be some movement, hope and life as sinews, flesh and and skin covered the dry bones. Does this seem like revival, restoration time was here and what could you have done if it was you present?
The Lord said to Ezekiel, prophesy son of man to the breath, and say to the breath, thus says the Lord O, breath, Come from the four winds breath on these slain, that they may live. So as Ezekiel ,prophesied as commanded by the Lord, breath came into them ,they lived and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. What could you have done after seeing all this and bearing in mind that it was initially a valley full of very dry bones?
Relevant lessons from this story;
-There is no situation, challenge, circumstance in your life that can defy God.
-God wants you to acknowledge that He is the one who knows the condition of every situation in your life.
-We are limited to what we know and must turn to God for help.
-God wants your participation in the revival, restoration process(He wants you to take the first step and then He takes up from there to end).
-Hope, restoration is a process that follows God’s laid down procedure(dry bones,sinews,flesh,skin,and finally breath)
-It is in our valleys that God starts the hope and restoration process.
-Our valleys,are God’s starting points to cause things happen in our lives.
-Without valleys, we can not acknowledge God’s divine power of restoration and hope.
-Turn every valley in your life, family, marriage, children, business, ministry to God and watch what the LORD is going to do to you.
HOPE IS REAL!!
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