FAITH CAPSULE: The command of God is in His word.
Ezekiel 37:1-14, John 11:1-44
God must be known as the only one and true God. He is an attention seeking God and He deserves more than all the attention being directed to Him. God made His Spirit to set Ezekiel up in the valley of dry bones. “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) The bones which Ezekiel saw were very dry and lifeless. God did not just expose Him to the valley of dry bones; He positioned Him to ask him if the dry bones, the lifeless bones could have life again. God asked Ezekiel, “And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” (Ezekiel 37:3) Ezekiel responded to God’s question by stating, “…So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.” (Ezekiel 37:3) Every given answer is a determinant of one’s level of understanding. As a believer, do you know or you only about the truth that indeed only God knows how to bring back to life what the enemy has taken away?
By virtue of Ezekiel’s response, God gave him a command (word) to speak life back into the dry bones. Ezekiel did as was commanded by God; Ezekiel prophesied and the dry bones regained life. Ezekiel 37:10, “So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.” Just as Ezekiel received His command, so Jesus has given His word of command to every believer today. His command is the authority invested in the Word. Those who know themselves in the Lord (not those who know about Him) are those that have allowed the Spirit to set them up in place to believe and receive the Word of God to do exploit. Daniel 11:32 buttressed, “…but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”
The command of God is in His word, it is authority which cannot be denied. It is the same command that called forth Lazarus from the grave of four days. (John 11:43)
Ezekiel allowed the Spirit of God to set him up where God wanted. If we will allow the Spirit of God to set us up where He wants and not where we want, the same power will flow for us. God is true and faithful by His word. Ezekiel knew better by confessing that ‘God knows.’ Making consistent confession that ‘only God knows’ will make the difference in the life of each and every believer today.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to be constant and consistent obeying His word.