Ezekiel 37
5 Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
Some indicators that one’s airway passage is obstructed includes the inability of the person to speak, them grasping or pointing toward their throat, difficult breathing and perhaps a skin color change.
You will agree with me that the situation Ezekiel describes in this chapter is much more complex – many dry bones……… in an open valley; but prior to this verse He answered a question God asked him. So before we carry on, I want you think about that condition that has left you speechless and wheezy; I’m talking about those areas in your life that you keep grasping and
pointing at, think about those times you were glowing, what changed your skin tone? What has made you pale? Do you want change? Would you like to live again?
The breath of God is the essence of God. It was this same breath that gave life to the lifeless man God had formed out of the dust of the ground… Breath. This is how Moses records it in Genesis:
Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
The account in Ezekiel 37 is similar to that of Genesis 2. In our main text in Ezekiel, God sees these very dry bones lying in the open valley and He tells His servant that He would breathe life into them so that they would live. God said that this breath He is about to breathe will not lie on the surface but it will enter you, in other words, make a way into; it will penetrate regardless of how congested or dense your situation seems. This breath will enter you and that life that it gives you within, you will live out!
What I really love and find encouraging in this verse is that God even before He began His message put a warranty on it. In essence He said, “I know that things still look dry and you’re almost convinced that they will remain the same, i.e. Unchanged, but don’t lack faith; don’t be hesitant to believe what I’m about to do. I promise you that that My breath will definitely enter you and I guarantee that it will make you live!”
Let me encourage you friend, God knows your condition and His breath is coming into every inert thing in your life to revive it; that mess you’re in will turn to a message, your test will now become a testimony, change is coming and you will live! Open up your mouth and declare this with me “I will live”!
Job 33:4
God’s Spirit has made me. The breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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