My father was often moody; a highly intelligent man, he had little tolerance for inanity. I became his favorite child when I discovered our shared love for books. When my siblings noticed that, they turned me into the family messenger. Whenever they wanted anything, I would be the emissary – shuttling their needs to him and bringing back his responses, his mind so to speak to them.
Our God is not like my father – Him being God and all and my father a mere mortal prone to many inadequacies. He hasn’t singled out one favorite child who truly ‘gets’ him to communicate with the rest of us, rather if we flip this the other way, we will realize that we have sidelined him; preferring to find prophets who would tell us His mind and help us with making decisions, prophets we would send back to Him with our list of daily needs.
Today has become the day to get back in the Father’s house. God is calling you – as a father to a child. His desire is YOU! In songs of Solomon chapter 7 verse 10, the maid sings “I belong to my lover and His desire is for me”. To whom do you belong? If it is Jehovah, then His desire is for YOU. He desires that you would come into the holy place and sit with Him. He desires to speak with you and tell you His thoughts. He desires to show you His plans for the future and longs to hear your thoughts. He is hungry for your love and for your worship. What’s stopping you? What’s holding you back?
Perhaps the abundance of intermediaries in these times has made us lazy. Too lazy and too complacent to go ourselves into God’s presence. For truly He is not discriminatory. He welcomes everyone who comes. And for those of us who do go in, what do we say and seek to hear when we do go in? Recently, I was looking to Him to sort out one of my many issues. I tried some emotional prayers and some tears, begging and pleading, but to no avail. I think He took pity on me one day because it became so clear when He said ‘Prophesy!’
Prophesy??? I do not consider myself a prophet. Like Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. These men are hard guys; the picture of ‘Spiro’ bros who go without food for months comes to my mind when I think of prophets, I dare not class myself there! But in 1 Corinthians 14, Apostle Paul encourages us all to especially desire the gift of prophesy. So I need not be a prophet to prophesy. Paul says that the one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, for if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? Prophesy therefore brings clarity – a clear understanding of God’s mind. An idea of what my next steps should be.
So if like me you have been confused or perplexed and situations around you seem comatose, then prophesy. Like Ezekiel, speak to the dry bones in your life. Prophesy and cause them to live.
In chapter 37 verse 2, Ezekiel said he saw a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry. In our world today there are very many dry bones; everywhere you turn, there’s an issue. Many marriages are like the dry bones – dead, boring, uninteresting. Many businesses are like the dry bones – unprofitable, lacking insight and unsustainable. Many communities and governments are like the dry bones – tedious, hopeless with no future outlook. Should I dare mention our finances? Bleak, stagnated and constantly playing catch up, our elders would say ‘from hand to mouth’. I cannot conclude without mentioning our spiritual lives for this one aspect dictates the others and requires prophesy more than any other. One day we are praying, worshipping, walking on water and led by the spirit of God, the next day we are reduced to tears and fear, bound by uncontrollable emotions. Dry Bones!
God says, speak to the dry bones. Don’t wait for that favorite child to come and turn your situation around. Like Ezekiel, say to YOUR dry bones ‘hear ye the word of the Lord, this is what the Lord says “I will make breadth come into you and you will come to life…and even after they came to life, prophesy some more. In verse 7 & 8, after the bones came together, God still commanded Ezekiel to prophesy because there was no force of life in them. They were powerless to function. If your dry bones have come alive, keep prophesying. Call for breadth from the 4 winds that your bones may arise and live and stand up on their feet – an exceeding great army. . It is time to prophesy!
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