Ezekiel 37:6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you and you will come to life.
Many of us use our imagination the wrong way; we go to fear, worry and anxiety imagining the worst-case scenarios and what can go wrong. But God wants us to:
“Speak what we see in God‘s Word even when we are in the middle of our worst trial.”
Ezekiel was surrounded by dry bones. He’s standing in a valley of death and God tells him to speak life over these bones! Likewise, when you are surrounded by problems, trials, and delays, speak the life of God’s Word over your surroundings. This is called faith and God loves it when He sees you operating out of faith.
In verse 7 Ezekiel says; ‘So I prophesied as I was commanded.’
Faith speaks to the problem before it sees the power.
Many Christians want to see the power first, they want to see things beginning to turn around before they will start saying anything positive. But don’t wait until you see something before you say something. Faith is what activates the power of God’s Word.
Look what happened when Ezekiel started speaking…
Verse 7: And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound…
2 Corinthians 5:7 says that we walk by faith and not by sight. Too many people are waiting to see something before they will do something. But faith doesn’t operate based on what it does or does not see – it operates based on what it hears.
When Mary and I heard God preparing us to come to Hong Kong we went to our Eldership and told them what we were hearing. The Eldership advised us all to pray for a month or two and reconvene. Everyone came back together and confirmed we are hearing the same thing. So everything was signed, sealed and delivered to head to Hong Kong – but we had never set foot in Hong Kong. Faith comes by hearing and not by seeing.
When Mary, Jake and I first arrived in Hong Kong we heard; “start a service within six weeks.” We had nothing, no people, no team, no band, no production – we couldn’t see how we could start a service within six weeks of arriving in Hong Kong. But within six weeks we did! Faith comes by hearing and not by seeing.
It is so important to walk by faith and what you hear from God and not go by your sight. If you wait for what you see in the natural, you will always walk by what you see and not by faith.
Ezekiel then said in verse 7 he saw the “bones coming together.” He had spoken the Word of God and now he saw the power of God. Everything might not yet be together in your life, but as you continue to walk by faith, you will see things coming together. Just keep speaking and believing that things are coming together!