Ezekiel 37:3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”
What an interesting juxtaposition reading today’s scripture on the heels of last week’s readings in Mark 6. This feels to me very much like God is doing with Ezekiel what Jesus was doing with the disciples–teaching them that through Him, in Him, with Him, they have the power to act for Him.
Ezekiel 37:4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!
Already in my mind’s eye, I can hear myself giving the Lord Moses’s excuses for rejecting the call: “Not me, Lord. I’m not strong enough, not powerful enough, not convincing enough for anyone to listen. I can’t do what You are asking.” But Ezekiel listens. He soaks it in. He doesn’t immediately start putting up obstacles and explaining why he can’t. I can learn a lot from him.
Ezekiel 37:5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.
Lord, You call me to be Your hands and feet. Forgive me for the times that I am afraid, for the times that, instead of listening and obeying, I give excuse after excuse. Help me to be brave, to listen, to act in You, with You, through You. Help me to shine Your light. Amen.
Ezekiel 37:6 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.’ ”
Have a blessed day.