“OUR HOPE IS LOST?”

 Ezekiel 37:11-14                     (ESV)

“[11] Then HE said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and “OUR HOPE IS LOST”; we are indeed cut off.’ [12] Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the LORD GOD: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O MY people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. [13] And you shall know that I AM THE LORD, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O MY people. [14] And I will put MY SPIRIT within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I AM THE LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.””

There are times when this humble servant feels as though “OUR HOPE IS LOST”, mainly when I cannot SEE how GOD is going to extricate me from where I am, along with telling me how and when HE is going to get me where “I think” HE should take me!!  Getting me to a place HE has PROMISED I am going is sometimes difficult to comprehend, but I have been in “difficult” situations before, and I have to be reminded of that from time to time!

When Ezekiel was told that “I (Almighty GOD)will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O MY people.  And I will bring you into the land of Israel”, HIS TRUE FOLLOWERS had to BELIEVE!  The CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES PROMISED something, and it wasn’t to be taken lightly!  Even though it was an “unbelievable” feat, GOD SPECIALIZES IN THE IMPOSSIBLE!  When things look rather bleak and chaotic, that is when GOD LOVES to reveal HIMSELF!!!

On July 24, 2007 my medical records indicate that I was given TREMENDOUS amounts of hypertension medication.  On July 25, 2007 in the wee hours of the morning, my blood pressure plummeted, UNEXPLAINABLY!  When ALMIGHTY GOD delivers HEALING, it can often be “beyond belief”!  

“This world” may say “OUR HOPE IS LOST”, but ALMIGHTY GOD isn’t swayed by the unbelief of those who are unable to SEE the THINGS from ABOVE!  From where I was in the summer of 2007, I couldn’t SEE anything!  “OUR HOPE IS LOST” might have been thought by some, but JESUS wasn’t through with me yet!!!