dry bones coming to life.

Here I go, packin' & movin', yet again! I seriously cannot stay in one spot for too long. While working, packing, & moving the Lord hasn't refrained from speaking into my heart. This past week He has revealed a passage of scripture to me (I have read it & have heard sermons preached on it before, but recently it has protruded forth with life & deep meaning, more so than ever before); I pray it comes to life for you as well:

"The hand of the Lord was on me, & He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord & set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back & forth among them, & I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?'

I said, 'Sovereign Lord, You alone know.'

Then He said to me, 'Prophesy to these bones & say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, & you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you & make flesh come upon you & cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, & you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'

So I prophesied as I was commanded. & as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, & the bones came together, bone to bone. I looked & tendons & flesh appeared on them & skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

Then He said to me, 'Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, & say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds & breathe into these slain, that they may live.' So I prophesied as He commanded me, & breath entered them; they came to life & stood up on their feet - a vast army.

Then He said to me: 'Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up & our hope is gone; we are cut off.' Therefore prophesy & say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves & bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you, My people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves & bring you up from them. I will put My Spirit in you & you will live, & I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, & I have done it, declares the Lord.'"

-Ezekiel 37:1-14

I cannot stop thinking about this passage & every time I pick up my Bible, I have to read it. It is incredibly powerful because I believe the Lord is declaring that He is reviving His people & He needs us, His servants, to help bring these dry bones to life again! We MUST step up to the plate. The world is waiting to be breathed into; are we willing to put all aside to revive the dry bones of this world?