And they stood before me, a huge army!
Hello Oakers!
How is your week thus far? Hopefully its amazing. I will be having 3 tests tomorrow and i'm feeling quite shagged from studying. Although i should be studying i really am prompted to share this message with you all and it comes from
Ezekiel 37
Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones
1The (A)hand of the LORD was upon me, and He (B)brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the (C)valley; and it was full of bones.
2He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on
the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry.
3He said to me, "Son of man, (D)can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, (E)You know."
4Again He said to me, "(F)Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, (G)hear the word of the LORD.'
5"Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause [a](H)breath to enter you that you may come to life.
6'I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will (I)know that I am the LORD.'"
7So I prophesied (J)as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
8And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
9Then 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 (K)breathe on these slain, that they (L)come to life."'"
10So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the (M)breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an (N)exceedingly great army.
I believe, we as Christians our motive in life and our walk with God does not solely depend on us walking right with God. As Christians our main aim is to be HISTORY MAKERS What i mean is that we make an impact in peoples' and that is what i mean by being history makers. Not so much about changing the history but more of you changing history in other people's life.
Getting onto Ezekiel 37, it says:
We were once dry bones like them and we were lying around on the floor. It was because of God and God alone that brought us to life.
5"Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause [a](H)breath to enter you that you may come to life.6'I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will (I)know that I am the LORD.'"
Our God in heaven breathed life into us that we may be alive and that he will make flesh grow back on us and cover us with skin so that we may come alive. Besides knowing all this, the most important thing is the back part which is" to know that i am the LORD" We are alive today for a reason and it is to believe to trust to know that we have a powerful God in our live and he is Jesus Christ. He brought us to life he breathed into us life for 1 reason, and thats to prophesies that He is GOD!
6'I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will (I)know that I am the LORD.'"
7So I prophesied (J)as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
8And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
9Then 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 (K)breathe on these slain, that they (L)come to life."'"
How mighty how true is the word of the Lord. What he says he will do it. He will put sinews on us, make flesh grow back, cover us back with skin and breathe life into us so that we may come alive. The word is ALIVE.
My main focus is on "So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the (M)breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an (N)exceedingly great army."
The key word is "exceedingly great army" We came into life not alone but we came into life as an exceedingly great army. Not me alone not you alone but a whole lot of people that is enough to form THE LORD'S ARMY.
There are many many people out there that have not experienced the salvation the Lord can grant them.It is our duty as history makers/Life Changes to submit our lives and change their lives in turn of what our Lord had done for us which is to breathe life into us. We do not stand alone but we stand together as an Army Of Christ.
Lets go out to the world to your school to your army camp to your pals in other states to proclaim that the Lord is Good and he can grant you salvation and breathe life into you that you have never experienced before!
Amen,
Junting
*While editing i just saw Ryan's post hahahaha!