Ezekiel 37:1
“GOD grabbed me. GOD’s Spirit took me up and set me down in the middle of an open plain strewn with bones. He led me around and among them—a lot of bones! There were bones all over the plain—dry bones, bleached by the sun. He said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ I said, ‘Master GOD, only you know that.’”
“The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones. He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out. Then He asked me, ‘Son of man, can these bones become living people again?’ ‘Oh Sovereign Lord,’ I replied, ‘You alone know the answer to that.’”
I love the conversational tone of this passage, and its veiled sense of humor. Ezekiel is with the Lord, whom he knows as well as any human could. His answer to God’s rhetorical question is like saying, “Come on, you know, and I know, you can do this.” This mountain moving God participates in the give and take of a casual conversation. It is mind bending but just what we want and need, because we were created for it. This is joy!
Lord, knowing you like Ezekiel did is a far reach for me. Help me grow into this kind of walk. May it flourish with all the joys and responsibilities of relationship with you, my totally other but totally intimate Lord.