During worship, I saw a heart,
as one would see in a medical book, hovering over the people. This heart
was bright red in some areas, while at the same time a dull blue in
other spots. I saw a picture of an illustration from a children’s book
of the North Wind. It was a large blue ball of clouds with a face
blowing a steady wind. It was as if the wind was blowing life into the
heart. The wind was blowing from the east.
"Then 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 come to life. Ezek. 37:9
The blood flow in some areas
has been restricted and parts of the heart have atrophied due to oxygen
starvation. In a weakened condition the blood isn't circulating,
as it should, leading to an inability to function fully or to perform
certain activities. There is to be a focus on what the Lord is doing,
not on circumstantial situations. We are to look to Jesus for our answer
not circumstance.
Verse 11 in explanation of
Ezekiel’s vision, identifies the bones as the House of Israel and they
are saying: "Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are
completely cut off. (Reference note says cut off to our selves)
Hope deferred makes the heart
sick. Prov. 13:12
Breath in Ezekiel 37:9 can
refer to rational beings expression and function and to make quick of
understanding.
Due to hopelessness, one could
say we are going to follow our own plans according to the stubbornness
of our own heart. I don’t have any hope that this … will happen so I’m
going to do this… Jer. 18:12
Like an east wind, I will
scatter them before the enemy. I will show them My back and not My face
in the day of their calamity. Jer. 18: 1
If that nation against which I
have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I
planned to bring it. Jer. 18:8
The Government of God is coming
to the church; the church will enter the place of true worship and
seeing the Father in a face-to-face relationship, which will deal with
issues of the heart. As God’s children come to an understanding of their
own particular expression and function within the Body of Christ, the
redeeming power of the Lord will freely flow. We will see the Salvation
of the Lord and His Glory will be revealed. It is time to declare the
Word of the Lord, the expression of who He is within each believer so we
may see the Lord as who He is; who He is revealed to be within our
nation.
