Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.”
Ezekiel 37:9-10
The Bible is filled with the records of individuals who received a word from the Lord concerning their lives. In some cases, like Sarah and Abraham, the word was received well past the ‘normal’ expectation of fulfillment.
What do I mean?
Sarah and Abraham had a child in their old age.
Not what might constitute ‘old age’ for giving birth today – say 50 or 55 years old – but well past that.
Sarah was ninety and Abraham was a hundred years old.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, received a word form the Lord through an angelic visitation. The word she received was not received after the ‘normal’ expectation of fulfillment, as was the case with Abraham and Sarah, but before it.
That is to say, she became pregnant while a virgin and not after being married; which would have been ‘normal’.
The word that was given and fulfilled for Mary, some might say, put her in a very untenable position. So often in scripture, and in our lives, Gods’ word is fulfilled at the ‘least opportune’ time or in the most unconventional ways.
Why is that?
Sarah showed us the answer to that question when she had her husband sleep with her handmaiden. His name was Ishmael. If there is any way for us to fulfill the word absent the power of God we will, more often than not, try it.
Let me ask you then, if we do ‘fulfill’ the word, who gets the credit and the glory?
God gives us the impossible to do and then it is His enabling power by the Holy Spirit that brings it to pass. Could Ezekiel prophesy to that valley of dry bones and see them come to life without the command of the LORD to do so? How many things have you spoken or attempted to do in vain because it was just a ‘grand’ idea and not the Word of the LORD to you?
Wait for His word and allow it to come to pass in His way, in His timing and by His power working in you!
Ezekiel 37:9-10
The Bible is filled with the records of individuals who received a word from the Lord concerning their lives. In some cases, like Sarah and Abraham, the word was received well past the ‘normal’ expectation of fulfillment.
What do I mean?
Sarah and Abraham had a child in their old age.
Not what might constitute ‘old age’ for giving birth today – say 50 or 55 years old – but well past that.
Sarah was ninety and Abraham was a hundred years old.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, received a word form the Lord through an angelic visitation. The word she received was not received after the ‘normal’ expectation of fulfillment, as was the case with Abraham and Sarah, but before it.
That is to say, she became pregnant while a virgin and not after being married; which would have been ‘normal’.
The word that was given and fulfilled for Mary, some might say, put her in a very untenable position. So often in scripture, and in our lives, Gods’ word is fulfilled at the ‘least opportune’ time or in the most unconventional ways.
Why is that?
Sarah showed us the answer to that question when she had her husband sleep with her handmaiden. His name was Ishmael. If there is any way for us to fulfill the word absent the power of God we will, more often than not, try it.
Let me ask you then, if we do ‘fulfill’ the word, who gets the credit and the glory?
God gives us the impossible to do and then it is His enabling power by the Holy Spirit that brings it to pass. Could Ezekiel prophesy to that valley of dry bones and see them come to life without the command of the LORD to do so? How many things have you spoken or attempted to do in vain because it was just a ‘grand’ idea and not the Word of the LORD to you?
Wait for His word and allow it to come to pass in His way, in His timing and by His power working in you!
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