Reviving Dry Bones: Enforcing the Power of the Resurrection
Ezekiel 37:1–10
In Ezekiel 37, the Lord brought the prophet into a valley full of dry bones and commanded him to prophesy over them so they might live. This vivid vision was not merely a display of God’s power—it was a prophetic picture of the resurrection, ultimately fulfilled in Christ. Though God had promised life, it required the prophet’s obedience and spoken word for the breath to enter and the bones to rise.
In the same way, many things Christ has accomplished for us through His death and resurrection will not manifest in our lives unless we enforce them through faith-filled proclamation. The blessings of the cross must be engaged with, not passively observed. We must speak, declare, and pray them into reality.
The breath (or wind) in Ezekiel 37 represents the Holy Spirit, the life-giving Spirit of God. In John 20:22, Jesus breathed on His disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” Again, in Acts 2, the Spirit came upon them as a mighty rushing wind, filling the room and empowering the Church.
This teaches us a crucial truth: we need continual infillings of the Holy Spirit. One encounter is not sufficient for a lifetime of purpose. Just as the early Church experienced fresh waves of the Spirit in Acts 2 and again in Acts 4:23–24—where they gathered in one accord and lifted their voices in prayer—so must we seek fresh encounters with God.
Paul, the apostle who penned much of the New Testament, expressed his heart cry in Philippians 3:10:
“That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection…”
If Paul, with all his revelations, still prayed to know Christ more deeply, how much more should we be relentless in our pursuit?
Let us therefore pray with intentionality and boldness:
🙏🏽 Father, as I partake of the body and blood of Christ, grant me the grace to know You and to experience the power of Your resurrection afresh. Let Your Spirit breathe life into every dry area of my destiny.
The enemy will do all he can to distract us—through our marriages, finances, education, or family life—because he knows the danger of a believer who truly knows God. The Word of God contains both the logos (written Word) and the rhema (spoken, living Word). It is the rhema that pierces the soul and shatters darkness.
🙏🏽 Father, every distraction the enemy is using to draw me away from the knowledge of You—let it be consumed by the power of the cross and the communion table tonight, in the mighty name of Jesus.
May we never stop hungering for the breath of God.