January 18
2019
Speak to Those Dry Bones!
The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord GOD, You know.” Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! ‘Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. “I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.” ’ ” So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them. Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ’ ” So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. Ezekiel 37:1-10
The Lord could have spoken to those dry bones and commanded them to live and then to breathe,
but instead,
He commanded Ezekiel to prophesy to those dry bones.
There is power in the words given to us by the Lord.
We have the authority to speak to the dry bones in our lives and to speak to the dry bones in the lives around us.
The word for prophesy is naba’ which is translated, in the Gesenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon as:
to cause to bubble up, hence to pour forth word abundantly, as is done by those who speak with ardour or divine emotion of mind.
I love this definition.
To cause to bubble up, speaking with divine emotion of mind!
When the Lord puts a word within you,
let it bubble up and go forth and
do it with excitement and expectation.
And watch those dry bones live and breathe and rise up and become a mighty army.