“The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.” Ezekiel 37:1-2

Dried Up 

Have you ever had, or are you in, a season where you just felt dried up? More than because of the Redding heat! But dried up physically, emotionally, spiritually, to the point where you just survived from day to day but didn’t feel like you were actually living? I know I have!

And if you’re in that season right now, I know it can be easy to picture to yourself as that character Dry Bones from the old Nintendo Mario Brothers game, who gets stomped on and crumbles to the floor in a pile of bones, and then shakes and gets back up.

Instead, let’s picture ourselves from Ezekiel 37.

A valley of dry bones, very dry bones, but they are God’s people. You, sweet sister, are one of God’s people. And in that valley of dry bones, He puts breath into you, He puts new skin and flesh on you, He puts you back together bone by bone, He puts strength back into you and tells you to come out of your grave.

But because He doesn’t want you to just be put back together enough to survive the day, He puts HIS Spirit in you for you to be ALIVE. You are no longer a dry bone but are made anew with the living Spirit of God breathing in you, holding you together, strengthening you, placing you in the land amongst the people He wants you to be, so that you can show this dead and dying world what it means to be truly alive in Christ. You are no longer a dry bone—the Lord calls you out of the grave, to come alive; “…Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it…” (Ezekiel 37:14).

Father, engrave this in our hearts and minds today. Fill us with new life, in Your name, so that we are no longer dry bones but ALIVE, because of your love for US. You have called us out of our graves to live and walk in Your Spirit, and we thank You that You do that for us. To You be the glory. Amen.