Doing Our Part

And He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? So I answered, O Lord God, You know.  Again He said to me,  Prophesy to these bones, and say to them,  O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God to these bones:  Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord. So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them. Also He said to me, Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.  10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. .... I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live - Ezekiel 37: 2-10,14

Have you ever known someone that you thought was beyond salvation. Their past and their present showed their depravity. They were like the dead bones in the field - beyond hope. But that is because you - and I  - were looking at them through the eyes of man. The fact is that we had judged them and condemned them as perhaps not worthy of salvation.

And the Lord said to me, Son of man, can [that man] live? So I answered, O Lord God, You know.

God knows all things, from beginning to end. We don't. People may have said of me when I was in a drunken stupor ( a result of PTSD from Vietnam) - that man could never be one of God's children - and yet - here I am. I have a good friend - George Beardsley, Sr whom I met in Mississippi during the Hurricane Katrina recovery. I would be considering  some issue and say to George - "George, what do you think?" and every time George would say - Jesus Saves! You think I would have learned.

All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him [Jesus] the iniquity of us all. - Isaiah 53:6

We need to be careful that we don't look at life and others in the context of our human limitations. God, our father - the Creator - is not limited by anything.

But Jesus looked at them and said, With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible. - Mark 10:27

Our part is not to judge but to testify about God's grace and mercy demonstrated through His Son on the cross by the way we live and the way we love.

Think about it – Pray about it – Believe it – Walk in it. Let your light shine and give God the glory.

By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone