Breath-life

" The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of dry bones. He led me back and forth among them, and 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, " O Sovereign Lord, you alone know". Then he said to me, " Prophesy to these bones and 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, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you,and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord". -Ezekiel 37:1-6

Read through twice slowly.

Does a word or phrase stand out to you? What is the passage inviting you to?

Is there an area of life that you see as lifeless, dry, hopeless, ineffective? Ask Jesus to reveal such a place to you. Ask Jesus what he plans to do with that place.

Is there an area God wants to breathe life into? Ask God to rule sovereign over that place.

Have you been believing a lie about God's powers to create? Have you been trying to bring things to life without God?

Sit with this passage, breathing.

Inhale...God's living breath in you

Exhale...Your fears of the dyings and dust in you

Inhale...God's new life

Exhale...The life that "seems right"

Inhale...God's powerful love for you

Exhale...The compulsion to work for it

Inhale...

Exhale...

" And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them..."