Tpoic:WONDERFUL MIRACLE
Memorise: Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so
that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the
gospel of Christ. Romans 15:19
Bible Text: Ezekiel 37:1-10, Bible in one year: 1st Chronicles
28:9-29:30, Luke 19:41-20:18
Miracles have a lesser degree of awesomeness when compared to wonders.
Let us closely look at examples of these. It is undeniable that the raising of
the dead through prayer is a great act of God. In 1st Kings
17:17-24, when the son of the widow of Zarephath died and Elijah was informed;
the prayed, paced up and down, threw himself on the child about three times and
the child came back to life. This was a miracle no doubt; but when dead bones
cause the dead to be raised to life, it is a great miracle. This happened in 2nd
Kings 13:20-21. Someone died and was being conveyed to the burial site, but
because the mourners sighted a band of enemy soldiers heading in their
direction, they threw the corpse into a nearby grave. Coincidentally, that was where
Elisha had been buried. Elisha’s body had decayed leaving only his bones
behind. As soon as the corpse touched his bones, the dead man came back to life
and ran after his fleeing relatives.
However, when you compare all these great miracles with Ezekiel’s
experience documented in today’s Bible reading, you will conclude that they are
incomparable in awesomeness. What Ezekiel experienced was a wonder. Ezekiel was
taken to a valley full of dry bones and God asked him if the bones could live
again. This man of God immediately realised he had come face to face with a
situation his faith could not handle. “Lord, this is beyond my faith. Only You
can tell”, he replied. God then said to him, “Don’t pray, don’t touch, just
prophesy to them and say, Dry bones, hear God’s word and come together, every
bone to its bone as it was originally”. Oh! That was easy to say, and he said
it as he was commanded, even though he knew it sounded far-fetched. How can you
ask dead, dry bones to hear? Oh yes, they can hear, though not your words but
God’s Word. This is why you should not stop speaking the Word of God to dead
situations, people and things. They all have ears to hear God’s Word and they
respond to it. Meanwhile, as the dry bones began to move to form their original
bone structure, Ezekiel must have been saying, Wonderful! But God was not done
yet; He commanded Ezekiel to prophesy to the wind. Now, this was a bit more
outlandish! At least the bones he could see, but the wind he could not see. He
however obeyed, and the wind began to blow. Breath came into the lifeless
entities that had been formed from the dry bones. In no time, a valley full of
dry bones was taken over by a strong and able army. Always use God’s Word to
call up what you want to see in the Name of Jesus Christ, and it will be so.
Prayer Point:
Father, in my life, family, workplace
and ministry, make us recipients of your wonders.
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