The Marrow of Our Bones

UV3694/10000 The Marrow of Our Bones Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! Ezekiel 37 v 4 Our spiritual bones, our framework, the foundation of our lives become dry, lifeless, weak, enervated when we do not hear the word of the Lord. The word of the Lord is pregnant with meaning and power, with the breath of God since it is God-inspired. We are not just revived or restored or renewed but we are resurrected as if our bones come alive and get tendons, muscles and flesh attached thereon when we truly hear the word of God. The word fills us with hope of the resurrection of our souls without which our bones will only rot in our graves. The word of God is the marrow that fills our spiritual bones and gives it vitality and produces the RBCs or red blood corpuscles, the army that feeds the whole body. Covid has taught the world once more the vitality of oxygen with thousands having struggled for their own breath and oxygenation levels falling below the level where life in the whole body can be sustained. We also need to check our spiritual oxygenation levels regularly and increase our intake of the pure oxygen of the word. Our lives become weak and disjointed without the spiritual equivalent of oxygen. Our minds are renewed, our hearts are revived, our every part is energised when we hear the word of the Lord. Prophecy is not a substitute for the word but it is like what dessert is to the main menu items. Whenever we feel spiritually weak, hopeless, depressed, dry, it is a sign we are not spending enough time and giving the right kind of attention listening to the voice of the Lord. The shepherd cries out to the sheep to move to the pasture to feed but in the case of the good Shepherd, His voice, His word itself is our breath of life, our complete food, our source of sustenance and power, the pipeline of joy. We need not diet or starve ourselves when it comes to the word. The more we have of it, we do not become overweight or unhealthy. Rather, we find the yoke we bear becoming lighter as our internal strength and power increases with our intake of the word. When we infuse ourselves and saturate our spiritual blood with the pure oxygen of the word, anyone coming in contact with us will also come alive and be able to live the eternal, abundant, full life that Jesus promises us. There is no lack in our lives that the word cannot meet or fulfil or satisfy.