Hi Everyone !
It's another week and I praise God for His goodness and mercies.
I want to share something I was reading in Ezekiel just a little over a week ago. It amazes me that God did not place us here on the earth to simply to passive spectators of life. That would be too boring for me ! We are fearfully and wonderfully made to be real and active PARTAKERS of God's work on the earth.
In Ezekiel 37:1-14, we read about how God told Ezekiel to prophesy to the dry bones that lay in the middle of a valley. Sounds bizarre but that's what I like about God : He will sometimes ask you to do the "ridiculous" ! Verse 4 says "Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones..." and then when you read along you eventually see in verse 7 that Ezekiel writes "So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound and the bones came together, bone to bone". And then it continues to say in the following verses how these bones actually came to life.
When I read this I was amazed. When Ezekiel spoke the Words God had given him to speak over the dry bones, they came alive and became a vast army. The question you can ask is : Well, if God had something to say to the bones, why didn't He say it Himself (now since we all would liked to be spared a theology lesson on that, let's move on, shall we?) ? I mean, He is God right ? The thing that really spoke to my heart was that when Ezekiel took the very Words God had given Him, it accomplished God's purpose and brought about an impossible miracle.
God has planted you and I as agents of change on this earth. And while He is all powerful and mighty, God will use US to turn situations around and bring about miracles if only we will do one thing : SPEAK AND DO HIS WORD. We are partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). We are PARTAKERS my friends and not SPECTATORS ! We are DOERS and not hearers only. We are agents of change and victory and NEVER VICTIMS.
Like Ezekiel, God has given you a Word to speak and do over your life, your family, your church and your generation. Are you going to speak and do that Word ?
SHALOM
It's another week and I praise God for His goodness and mercies.
I want to share something I was reading in Ezekiel just a little over a week ago. It amazes me that God did not place us here on the earth to simply to passive spectators of life. That would be too boring for me ! We are fearfully and wonderfully made to be real and active PARTAKERS of God's work on the earth.
In Ezekiel 37:1-14, we read about how God told Ezekiel to prophesy to the dry bones that lay in the middle of a valley. Sounds bizarre but that's what I like about God : He will sometimes ask you to do the "ridiculous" ! Verse 4 says "Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones..." and then when you read along you eventually see in verse 7 that Ezekiel writes "So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound and the bones came together, bone to bone". And then it continues to say in the following verses how these bones actually came to life.
When I read this I was amazed. When Ezekiel spoke the Words God had given him to speak over the dry bones, they came alive and became a vast army. The question you can ask is : Well, if God had something to say to the bones, why didn't He say it Himself (now since we all would liked to be spared a theology lesson on that, let's move on, shall we?) ? I mean, He is God right ? The thing that really spoke to my heart was that when Ezekiel took the very Words God had given Him, it accomplished God's purpose and brought about an impossible miracle.
God has planted you and I as agents of change on this earth. And while He is all powerful and mighty, God will use US to turn situations around and bring about miracles if only we will do one thing : SPEAK AND DO HIS WORD. We are partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). We are PARTAKERS my friends and not SPECTATORS ! We are DOERS and not hearers only. We are agents of change and victory and NEVER VICTIMS.
Like Ezekiel, God has given you a Word to speak and do over your life, your family, your church and your generation. Are you going to speak and do that Word ?
SHALOM
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You are loved and may God richly and mightily bless you.
Gertrude.
8 comments:
Gertrude,
"Eye has not seen nor ear heard, nor has entered into the heart of man what God has prepared for those who love him." You are absolutely right when you say that God wants to use us. I am so thrilled that God is willing to let me be a part of the grand adventure. He certainly could do it all himself, but I'm so glad he lets me share :) Visiting from Be Not Weary, and glad I did.
Great point, Gertrude. God could do it all Himself and even do it better, if that was His plan. But He wants to use us, teach us, grow us, do things through us. Bless you for this reminder, Gail
Always a good reminder, He chooses to let us work with Him and a blessig it is indeed.
Keep up the God work.
Great WORD & reminder! Thanks
Thanks for visiting Lori ! God bless you !
Hi Anonymous, yes indeed. God's Word is so amazing and powerful. Thank you too !
Gertrude...precious reminder in this. God is all powerful but how humbling He would choose us to work through. I am excited to tell you that I am featuring you this week at WJIM's Monday's Musings. Thank you for sharing your post.
Hello Naomi, yes indeed, I saw you had featured me on your blog this week and I had written a little "thank you" comment under your post on Monday. God bless you for featuring me !
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