The valley of dry bones – a place of rejection, a place of reproach, a place of dashed hopes, unfulfilled dreams, a place of shame, bitterness and loneliness. The bones were a constant reminder of the carnage that had taken place there. The bones were a continuous pointer to the rottenness, stench, putrid-ness, decay, that informed the past of that valley. The bones made sure no one was ignorant of nor forgot what had gone down in that valley.
The bones were “very” dry. What remained in that forsaken valley was unproductive, unfruitful and worthless… very dry. The situation was depressing. Something had to happen.
In the beginning, the owner of the valley had planted in that valley a SEED OF GREATNESS; but over the years through wrong use and negative exposure, the seed of greatness had become covered up in dross, filth, rottenness and all manner of putridity. However, The Holy Spirit at the appointed time visited the valley and moved on the dry bones and everything turned around.
Rejection, dejection, reproach, loneliness, frustration, limitation, fell away! People had turned aside from the valley in revulsion and in disgust, but now they troop to celebrate and look with delightful amazement and wonder at the beauty that has burst forth from where there had been ugliness. Bitterness has given way to sweetness. Dryness is gone; fruitfulness, productivity has come.
In every created human-being a seed of greatness has been planted. To every person who walks the earth there is a unique and important purpose. No one was created empty or inferior, every life carries great value, every life was designed to carry first-rate worth.
Situations, circumstances, experiences, often times come and colour our lives bad. Wrong choices, ignorance, being in the wrong place at the wrong time; all have a way of reflecting on a thing of beauty to make it look sad and bad – but that is never the end of the story.
Good seeds don’t die! Your life is a good seed. A good seed, even though it looks small, is full of potential. Your life might not look like anything right now, but it is loaded with potential. Seeds go through a process which involves change; from the original form into a seemingly unsightly form, and then they bud and grow into a fruitful plant, a blooming flower, a flourishing tree. A seed might lie in the soil seemingly forgotten, unproductive, unfruitful, downtrodden and beat up… for a while, but someday; good soil, water, air, light, finds it out and it’s greatness bursts forth.
You are about to be found out. Your glorious destiny is coming forth. You are on your way to life. Your story is about to take a remarkable turn. The pain is over. The new dawn is here. You are coming out!
I don’t know your story, or where you are coming from, but I do know that His wonder working power turned my life around. His power is still available to do much more for you.
Do you see the dry bones? Is there hopelessness all around you? Do you desire a change? Then acknowledge your helplessness and reach out to Him, He is available to help. God is available to turn it all around for your good and display Himself in you; all you need to do is ask Him – say “JESUS, I NEED YOU, PLEASE HELP ME NOW!”.
LET THAT SEED OF GREATNESS IN YOU, BURST FORTH NOW! Every dryness in your life is rebuked now, every reminder of where you had been before His saving grace, is taken away! Your shame and pain is wiped away! For every place wherein you had been forsaken; celebration bursts forth for you there. Your ugliness is taken away and replaced with His beauty. Bitterness dies in your life now! Sweetness bursts forth all over you!
Please pray this short prayer:
“I believe my life was created great. I believe I have great value. Everything that had happened to me before now to make me ineffective, un-productive, to make me dejected and rejected, I shake you off. You do not determine who I am or where I am going to. I purposefully come to Jesus and I receive the power and the love of Jesus Christ right now, to wash away everything that has spoken negatively into my life. I forgive myself for my errors as I also ask you Jesus for forgiveness for the wrong choices that I might have made. I ask you Jesus to help me and walk me into your cleanliness, your joy, your peace, your greatness and your fulfilment. In Jesus name. Amen!”
~KJO