24 May 2011
Ezekiel 37:12 Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you home into the land of Israel.
In order for us to be raised with Christ we need to first die for Christ, until we do so we remain in the grave, cut off, having lost hope, so spiritually dry, that we feel the dust of emptiness in us and around us. We may be alive in the flesh but we are dead in the spirit, we do all that we can to revive our spirit, it lasts for a time and then we are worse off than before we even tried. In trying so hard to be filled with the spirit, we become addicted to the moment, seeking the emotional fulfilment, without realising that this does not last, it is fleeting in the moment, we seek this in so many ways that we get lost in what we do.
What hope then is there? Our only hope is Jesus Christ, He is the only One who has the answer, He is the only One who can breathe life into our dry bones. But first we must be willing to realise that we are required to come out of the grave. We need to die first before we can have life, this death is a true dying to self, a statement of life, “Thy will be done in me, as it is done in heaven” Once we have experienced this we do not need to keep coming back, for once we have drunk the water that Jesus gives to us, we never thirst again. When we are one with Christ, we are no longer cut off, we have eternal hope and are spiritually alive for eternity, never thirsty, never alone, for Jesus promised that is with us always.
Be encouraged today to remind yourself that you belong to Jesus.
David
Point to ponder: We die to live.
Question to consider: If you feel dry and dusty come home to Jesus?
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