After reading the prologue once, I decided to read Ezekiel 37 in it entirety so I could really understand the full version. After doing so I re-read the prologue and grasped everything a lot better! God was showing Ezekiel the dry bones and asked "Son of man, can these bones live?" And Ezekiel's reply was like "Only you can pull off that one big guy!" So Ezekiel seemed to realize the impossibility of himself trying to make these bones live again. He knew no matter what he said or did as a man would do nothing to these bones. So God tells Him what to say and do under God's authority! So he tells the bones what God said and the bones came back to life. Ezekiel become an "divine agent for 'dead' humanity". God could have brought the bones back to life without using Ezekiel, but He DESIRED to use Ezekiel as a vessel for His grand plan! In John 5:19-20 Jesus says
"...I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these". God wants us to get with the program, jump on board, join in on what He's doing and pay attention to what the Holy Spirit is saying and pointing out specifically! We can't do anything without our Heavenly Father, so why even try to? We should be abiding in Him and being more focused on growing His Kingdom!
I highly recommend that you read Ezekiel 37 if you haven't recently. It is a great example of Prophetic Evangelism and just all around inspiring!
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That's so crazy! I was just thinking about John Denley Band's "Dry Bones" song today and what it means. (check it out at johndenleyband.com) Anyways, I'm trackin with ya sister! Loves you and praying for you...you're going to have an amazing summer...projects rock!
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