I have been asking the title question frequently of late, since I am aging and spending time at the gym is not as effortless as it once was! You may recognize the query as the one the "Son of Man" asks the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37. As I have thought about the question I have come to see it as an encouragement for Ezekeil and by extension us to see things differently.
Where Ezekiel saw not just bones but dry bones- not just dry bones but very dry bones, the Lord saw hopelessness and a need for His powerful prophetic word to breathe life. In short, Ezekiel saw a problem, the Lord saw an opportunity, a need that He was fully capable of meeting. He wanted Ezekiel to see what He saw and to speak life.
He wants the same from us. I am by nature somewhat of an Eeyore but I am learning to rebuke the Eeyore within and to ask the Lord to help me see through His eyes- to see the prophetic, life-giving opportunities that surround me everyday. Even very dry bones can become a vast army when we acknowledge along with Ezekiel, "O Sovereign Lord, you know!" He does know and He does care and He will breathe life even into very dry bones!
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