I have been following the events going on at Asbury University for the last week.  It is amazing to see and hear about the week long revival that has been going on there.  They started a chapel service last Wednesday that is still going.  They have been worshipping and praying ever since.  People have come to join in from as far as England to be a part of it.  I love the picture of revival that God paints for us in Ezekiel 37.  Let’s look at it together today. 

4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them. 9 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. 11 Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.’”

God compares revival to taking dead bones and bringing them to life.  I think revival begins in our own hearts and lives when we truly grasp just how significant it is that Jesus has brought us from death to life.  He has taken our dry spiritual bones and brought them to life.  I pray that God would do a work in our people and our community like He is at Asbury today.  Will you join me in that prayer?  Sometimes I think God wants to do much greater things in our hearts and lives if we simply join Him and ask Him.  Pray for God to do something special in you today and join me in praying the same for our community.

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave