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Resurrection
- Easter 2005
Raquel Soto
© March 27, 2005
"The hand of the LORD
was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of
the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the
valley which [was] full of bones, And caused me
to pass by them round about: and, behold, [there
were] very many in the open valley; and, lo,
[they were] very dry. And he said unto me, Son of
man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord
GOD, thou knowest. Again he said unto me,
Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O
ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus
saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I
will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall
live:" Ezekiel 37 1-5 KJV
Dryness. We've all experienced
it. We all have had our valleys where it appears
as though it will never get any better. Times in
our lives when we've felt like we've been walking
in the desert for years ourselves. For many of
us, we wonder if we're on the right track at all.
With seemingly the whole world telling us it's
not meant to be, we start to doubt we're called
to live out our dreams or if we should just
resign to be "normal".
Before a seed bears fruit, the
seed dies. As with the call of God on our lives,
there are times when it will appear that
everything we've heard from God, every Rhema or
Logos Word given us, seems to hang in the
balance. We're stuck in the desert, wondering
where is our river. Looking at the dry bones, the
remnants of what was once a thriving passion, now
almost becomes a mirage in the distance.
So, what do we do now? Now that
our passion has diminished? God gives us some
very practical instructions on what to do when we
enter our desert:
Prophesy to the dry
dead bones! Ezekiel 37 v 4
Prophecy isn't only for the
Prophets that minister to the church. You are
called to prophesy- to say what God says- about
your situation. What did God call you to? Did He
call you to teach? Evangelize? Work in the
marketplace? What were the words He gave you to
encourage you? Read them out loud, again and
again. Read the Logos (written Word) of God that
He gave you as confirmation. As you prophesy to
yourself – say what God says about you and
your calling – see what He sees. See
yourself doing what He has called you to do. And
rejoice! Knowing that no Word from God is without
power or impossible of fulfillment! (Luke 1 v 37)
As you prophesy,
release the force of faith to back it up Hebrews
4v2
For unto us was the gospel
preached, as well as unto them: but the word
preached did not profit them, not being mixed
with faith in them that heard [it].
The Israelites failed to enter
their Canaan land because they didn't mix what
they heard from God with faith. The world system
is set up to test you, tempt you, and try to
force you to abort the dream seed God has put in
you. God has called you to greatness. The calling
God has placed for your life is impossible for
you to do on your own. That's how you know you
are on the right track. What do you want to do
for God? What excites you? Choose to step out in
faith and seek God for the steps. A rose doesn't
spring up overnight. What steps do you need to
take to tend to the garden that will bear fruit
to your dreams?
This one is difficult
-- you must, you Must, you MUST be patient.
Hebrews 6 v 12
That ye be not slothful, but
followers of them who through faith and patience
inherit the promises.
Patience. In Romans 5 verse 3 the
Word tells us that tribulations works patience.
Works here is really employs. Patience is
employed by tribulations. You hire patience to
come in once you encounter tribulations. God has
already given us everything we need. But, it's in
the spiritual realm. The spirit realm is the
"parent" of the physical realm.
Whatever is birthed in the physical was first
"conceived" in the spirit. But you need
patience for the manifestation. God's not just
going to drop money, customers, sales, whatever
into your lap. HE works through people to get it
to you. So be patient. To everything there is a
season. Patience is the season between I believe
I receive and there it is. There's an old gospel
hymn that goes: "Trouble don't last
always… weeping may endure for night, keep
the faith, it will be all right…Trouble
don't last always…Trouble won't
last…Trouble won't last always…"
Something has got to give, so why should it be
you? Patience employs experience (Romans 5 verse
4) and experience, hope. Once you've been through
something that experience will bring you hope
knowing that if God did it for you once, He'll do
it again! Stand strong on God's Word!
You have been given
the power, so use it! Romans 8 v 11a
But if the Spirit of him that
raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you…
The same Spirit, the SAME Spirit
that raised Jesus from the dead is inside you!
That power is in you but you need to use it.
There are those of us who are waiting on God, but
God's waiting on you! HE'S already done
everything He's going to do. He's given us the
seal that we belong to Him. He's given us gifts
and talents. He's given us authority to use His
name. He's given us every good and perfect gift.
He's given us a Comforter, Standby, Teacher. He's
given us beings to minister to us. What more do
you want? It's already done! Jesus accomplished
that for you in His death and resurrection. It's
time! It's time to speak to those dry bones of
the dreams you tried to leave behind. It's time
to expect the seed that died to come to life.
It's time for your resurrection! It's time! It's
Time! It's TIME! Resurrect your dreams today!
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