Dry Bones -Disease and Remedy

UV 3620/10000 Dry Bones -Disease and Remedy Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, “Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.” Ezekiel 37 v 11 Our bones represent the foundations of our lives. Without hope and specifically, hope of eternal life, the bones of all mankind, not just of Israel, are dried up. The different parts of our lives become disconnected and disjointed like the bones of a skeleton. Our bones are our hidden parts like our souls and spirits. We seldom think about its nourishment and upkeep. The ligaments that hold the bones and connect them also die over time. Once a man puts his trust in Jesus as His Saviour, his hope is revived that he will be raised up from the grave. Hence, Paul wrote this famous line, “Christ in us is the hope of glory.” In other words, faith in Christ produces the hope of eternal and glorious life. Eternal life begins the moment we trust in the name and the finished work of Jesus on the cross. So we have a foretaste of the glory of heaven while we live on earth. But whatever we taste of it here and now is only a shadow or image of the real experience in the kingdom of heaven. Signs of dried bones are worry, depression, disunity, lack of purpose and power, feeling enervated and having no sense of direction in life. We do not even know we are alive as President Trump said of Joe Biden yesterday in a campaign speech. We are not in touch with our Creator and Redeemer. We are not thankful or grateful for the myriad blessings the Lord has bestowed on us even without our seeking or asking for it. When Jesus comes into our hearts, the spiritual marrow of our bones is revived. Scripture says that meditation on the Word of God makes our bones strong and vibrant. Scripture is like coagulated sunshine of God’s love and mercy that we intake. Hence, we get enough of the spiritual equivalent of Vitamin D that strengthens our bones. Vitamin D is also a metaphor for devotion to God, determination to pursue God-set goals and priorities, diligence in studying the word, discipline in our daily routine. When all this is in place, we will have no shortage of the oxygen of life-giving, life enhancing hope. We do not have to wait for the ventilator ( in these Covid times) to ventilate or express our faith and hope in Christ for we would be doing it continually and daily.