Chapter 37 is the chapter that has the story of the Valley of Dry Bones. I love this story because it shows the hope that God gives us, that even when we are super dry in our spiritual lives, we can be revived through God's Word and Spirit.
What is needed for this revival to happen though, is honest assessment about our current state, and the realities of that present life. If we are struggling with lots of things and are in a dry spell in our lives, but don't realize it, there will be no healing and renewal that can occur. We need to come before God, knowing that we are totally depraved and expose ourselves to our sins as ugly as they might be. When we realize this and we are true to ourselves and more importantly true to God, he will bring the healing and revival that we need so much.
Vs 4 says, "Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!" and vs 14 says "I will put my Spirit in you and you will live"
It's important to see that God's word and Spirit are so necessary in this revival. God is the one that is bringing us this transformation, not ourselves. We need to cling and love his Word passionately and allow the Spirit to enter and move in our lives.
I pray that we would we learn to be honest with God. What can we really hide from him? Does he not know us more intimately than even we do? Although we want to feel like we are in control of our lives, we need to realize that being dishonest about our current state only makes us suffer more in the end. Bringing our total depravity before God shows great humility; we trust that He will be the one that renews us as our power comes directly from the eternal strength that He has.
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