WONDERFUL MIRACLE
Memorise: Through mighty signs and wonders, by the
power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and
round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the
gospel of Christ. Romans 15:19
Read: Ezekiel 37:1-10, Bible in one year: 1st Chronicles
28:9-29:30, Luke 19:41-20:18
Miracles have a lesser degree of awesomeness when
compared to wonders. Let us closely look at examples of
these. It is undeniable that the raising of the dead through
prayer is a great act of God. In 1st Kings 17:17-24, when the
son of the widow of Zarephath died and Elijah was
informed; the prayed, paced up and down, threw himself on
the child about three times and the child came back to life.
This was a miracle no doubt; but when dead bones cause
the dead to be raised to life, it is a great miracle. This
happened in 2nd Kings 13:20-21. Someone died and was
being conveyed to the burial site, but because the mourners
sighted a band of enemy soldiers heading in their direction,
they threw the corpse into a nearby grave. Coincidentally,
that was where Elisha had been buried. Elisha’s body had
decayed leaving only his bones behind. As soon as the
corpse touched his bones, the dead man came back to life
and ran after his fleeing relatives.
However, when you compare all these great miracles with
Ezekiel’s experience documented in today’s Bible reading,
you will conclude that they are incomparable in
awesomeness. What Ezekiel experienced was a wonder.
Ezekiel was taken to a valley full of dry bones and God
asked him if the bones could live again. This man of God
immediately realised he had come face to face with a
situation his faith could not handle. “Lord, this is beyond my
faith. Only You can tell”, he replied. God then said to him,
“Don’t pray, don’t touch, just prophesy to them and say, Dry
bones, hear God’s word and come together, every bone to
its bone as it was originally”. Oh! That was easy to say, and
he said it as he was commanded, even though he knew it
sounded far-fetched. How can you ask dead, dry bones to
hear? Oh yes, they can hear, though not your words but
God’s Word. This is why you should not stop speaking the
Word of God to dead situations, people and things. They all
have ears to hear God’s Word and they respond to it.
Meanwhile, as the dry bones began to move to form their
original bone structure, Ezekiel must have been saying,
Wonderful! But God was not done yet; He commanded
Ezekiel to prophesy to the wind. Now, this was a bit more
outlandish! At least the bones he could see, but the wind he
could not see. He however obeyed, and the wind began to
blow. Breath came into the lifeless entities that had been
formed from the dry bones. In no time, a valley full of dry
bones was taken over by a strong and able army. Always
use God’s Word to call up what you want to see in the Name
of Jesus Christ, and it will be so.
PRAYER POINT
Father, in my life, family, workplace and ministry, make
us recipients of your wonders.
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