Life Where There Was Death

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Hello, my friend… so glad you're with me today. This is By God's Call — day 265, Life Where There Was Death.

Ezekiel 37, verse 5:

"Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live."

This is, perhaps, the most striking scene in the entire book of Ezekiel. God leads the prophet into a valley full of bones. Not bodies, not whole skeletons — bones, scattered, dry, with no sign of life anywhere. God asks Ezekiel: "son of man, can these bones live?" And Ezekiel's honest answer is: "O Lord GOD, you know." Because, humanly speaking, there was no possible answer. That was the end. There was no coming back from it.

And it is precisely inside that scene of absolute finality that God speaks this word: "I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live." Notice — the word comes first. Before any sign of life, before any movement, God speaks directly to the dry bones. That is something no human power would dare attempt. You do not speak to what is already dead expecting a reply. But God speaks. And when God speaks over death, death does not get the final word.

And this phrase — "I will cause breath to enter" — is not chosen at random. It echoes straight back to Genesis, when God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The same God who gave life to the first human being is now, centuries later, giving life to an entire people who considered themselves permanently finished.

And that is exactly what is happening here: a few verses later, God explains to Ezekiel that "these bones are the whole house of Israel." The people were in exile, defeated, believing their story had ended right there, in Babylon, far from home, with no hope of restoration. And God answers with this vision: it is not over. I will lay flesh on these bones. I will cause my breath to enter. You will live.

And this scene, my friend, points forward — far forward. It foreshadows the resurrection of Christ, and our own resurrection as well. The same Spirit who clothes dry bones with flesh and life is the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead, and the same Spirit who promises to raise everyone who is in Christ.

So let me ask you: is there some area of your life that looks exactly like that valley? Dry. Hopeless. A dream that died, a relationship that feels impossible to restore, some part of you that you yourself have stopped expecting to come back to life? I want to remind you: God speaks to what is dead. And when He speaks, the answer does not depend on your strength — it depends on His Spirit.

Today, name that dry area of your life. And pray, asking specifically that God cause His Spirit to enter exactly there.

Stay close to God. Pray — then act. I'll see you tomorrow, my friend.