Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-3 – 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.

We’ve all heard this before. When we were little a lot of us sang “Ezekiel cried them dry bones”. But as I was reading this again I started thinking about how Ezekiel answered God. “O Lord God, Thou knowest."

If I was in a valley full of dry, dead bones, and was asked by God if they could live, what would I respond? I hope I would respond that “all things are possible with You, Lord.” But since I’ve never been in any such situation, how can I know?

Or have I been in similar situations, just not as obvious? When we question an “impossible” situation as if there is no good way out, are we telling God that we don’t think He can make the dry bones live?

“O Lord God, Thou knowest.” Indeed He does, and praise His Holy Name that He knows everything that has happened, is happening, and will ever happen, and it’s all in His control, even when we don’t understand it!