On the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was poured out in fulfilment of the promise of Ezekiel 36, the outpouring was accompanied by the sound of a violent wind. It was sign that heralded the fulfilment of Ezekiel’s prophecy that continues here in chapter 37. When God shows Ezekiel the vision of the valley of dry bones he asks Ezekiel: “Can these bones live?” The natural answer is, “Of course not”. But the point of the vision is to predict the rise of a vast and mighty army in the last days that will be empowered to establish the Kingdom of God on earth. God was going to do the impossible; he was going to take a spiritually dead humanity and recreate them in his image again to take their position of authority on earth as it was in the beginning. To this end God commands Ezekiel to prophesy to the four winds, that ‘ruach’ (the Hebrew word for breath, wind and spirit) might enter the bodies of the slain. That is what began to be fulfilled on the day of Pentecost when the wind and Spirit that Ezekiel summoned came upon the church. God is still doing this today and he can do it with you. There are many times in my life when I feel dead and lifeless; there are many times when I wonder if I can really be the person God wants me to be; and when I feel this, I ask myself: ‘Can these dry bones live?’ The answer is always: ‘Yes they can.’ And they do.
Ask God to give life to what is dead and dry within you.
Read Ezekiel 37:1-14
