Thursday, May 20, 2021

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 20 May 2021

 

The Importance of Breath

 

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.(Ezekiel 37:1-10)

  

Today’s Morsel:  One of the major subjects that we taught new recruits in Basic Training was “First Aid.” And during this training, they are taught how to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a fellow comrade, or to those who are not breathing.  The goal is to get air into the lungs as quickly as possible to hopefully prevent other organs from being damaged. In today’s passage, God puts Ezekiel in the midst of a valley of bones.  There is no meat on these bones, and neither is their life. And God tells him to prophesy unto them, and to tell them, “I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.” Now Ezekiel can look foolish, or he can do what God says.  You know, sometimes when God tells us to speak to things or people, it might seem foolish, but God’s ways are not our ways, and neither are His thoughts our thoughts.  So, Ezekiel follows His orders and does what God tells him to do, and those bones become a mighty army.  If you will notice, everything was put back together, but they were still dead until the breath came into them. You know, many folks think that they have it all together, but really, they are dead if God has not breathed into them the breath of life just as He did Adam so they can become a living soul.  If God has not breathed into you His Spirit, you are still dead.  As Jesus told Nicodemus, “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.(John 3:7-8)  Don't hesitate to have Jesus breathe that new life into you today.  


Sing: Breathe on me, breathe on me, Holy Ghost power breathe on me.  Yesterday's gone, today I'm in need,  Holy Ghost power, breathe on me.

  

Thought For Today: If any have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of His (Romans 8:9).

 

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