EDITORIAL
COME, SPIRIT OF GOD, AND GIVE US LIFE Rev. Gustavo Martínez International President of the WMM
“And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live… And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army” Ezekiel 37:3-10.
G
od uses “son of man” to refers
and so we touch the mind, the intellect,
to Ezekiel’s human condition; it
but not the spirit. People say, “What a
is God talking to a creature and
message! What a great speaker! I like him,
asking a question: “Son of man, can these
I like listening to him.” But nothing hap-
bones live?” (v. 3a) Ezekiel did not argue,
pens; there is noise, there is shaking, there
but welcomed God by faith and said, “O
is flesh, there are tendons, but there is no
Lord God, thou knowest” (v. 3b) In other words, he is saying, “Lord, I am made from clay, you are the Creator, and only you know if they will live.” The first mandate was, “Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord” (v. 4). The second mandate was, “Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live” (v. 9). Ezekiel gave the first message and when he did it, there was a noise and a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. He said, “And when I
life, no one rises, no one changes their position, everything remains the same, there is no progress, there is no growth, years pass and the Work does not grow, there are no workers. The reason is that we are only preaching to the flesh, to the bones, we are making noise, but we are not prophesying to the spirit. Prophesying to the spirit and the wind means intercession, prayer, plea, wail, so that the Holy Spirit can manifest and give life. There was no life until Ezekiel prophesied to the spirit and asked the breath to come from the four winds. The breath came into the slain, they lived, stood up on their feet as an army, willing to go into
beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up
battle and conquer the territory that the
upon them, and the skin covered them above:
devil had stolen from them.
but there was no breath in them” (v. 8). Sometimes we only prophesy to the bones,
Come, Spirit of God, breathe upon us and give us life! l May 2016 / Impacto evangelistic
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