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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