There are moments in life where everything feels… dead. Your passion. Your plans. That relationship you prayed for. The spiritual fire you once had. Gone.
That’s where Ezekiel found himself in Ezekiel 37. Standing in a valley filled with dry bones – an image of God’s people who had lost their hope, lost their strength, and stopped believing for more.
But God asks Ezekiel a powerful question:
“Can these bones live again?”
Most of us would look at a pile of lifeless bones and say, “Absolutely not.” But Ezekiel’s answer is one of quiet faith: “Lord, only You know.”
And from that posture of trust, God gives Ezekiel an assignment:
“Prophesy to the bones.”
Speak to the situation, not about it. Stop rehearsing the problem and start declaring the promise.
And when Ezekiel does? Something happens. There’s a noise. A rattling. Things start moving.
But here’s what we often miss: the first word Ezekiel speaks brings structure, but not life. He has to speak again. He has to prophesy to the breath.
Sometimes we speak once and assume it didn’t work. But God might be inviting us to speak again. To try again. To believe again. There’s a process in resurrection.
What this teaches us is simple: We don’t get to control the outcome, but we do control the obedience. And obedience often sounds like declaring God’s Word, even when it doesn’t make sense.
Jesus Himself modeled this when He stood before Lazarus’s tomb. He didn’t panic. He didn’t pray a long-winded sermon. He simply spoke: “Lazarus, come forth.” And the dead man walked out.
So the real question today is not “Can God do it?” but rather, “Will we speak when He says speak?”
Maybe you’ve already buried something God’s not done with yet. Maybe it’s your calling. Maybe it’s your marriage. Maybe it’s your belief that things can change.
But if God is still speaking, and He is, then your role is to prophesy His Word over your bones. Because God still breathes life into what the world says is dead.
Let your voice echo His Word. And watch what rattles back to life.