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Key Takeaways
- In Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones, God demonstrates His ultimate power to bring life out of situations that seem completely beyond repair.
- When facing suffering, hardship, or exile, it is easy to mistakenly doubt God's goodness or His power to help us.
- Jesus reveals the true nature of God by identifying Himself as the resurrection and the life, conquering death on Easter morning.
- The new life we receive is entirely a free gift from God rather than something we earn or achieve through our own merit.
- Even when areas of our lives feel dead and hopeless, we can trust that God sees possibilities we cannot yet see.
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One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on the Daily Radio Bible, a daily Bible‑in‑a‑year podcast with 20‑minute Scripture readings, Christ‑centered devotion, and guided prayer.This daily Bible reading and devotional invites you to live as a citizen of Jesus’ kingdom, reconciled, renewed, and deeply loved.
TODAY'S EPISODE:
Welcome to the Daily Radio Bible. Today is September 14th, and our readings are Ezekiel 36–37, Psalm 110, and Revelation 19.
Today we are given one of Scripture’s most extraordinary pictures of restoration and hope: Ezekiel standing in a valley filled with dry, scattered bones.
God asks Ezekiel a remarkable question: “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?”
Humanly speaking, the answer seems obvious. These bones are beyond repair. There is no life here. There is no future here.
But God sees something Ezekiel cannot yet see.
At God’s word, bones begin coming together. Tendons and flesh appear. Breath enters them. What had been dead stands alive.
Ezekiel also speaks of God giving his people a new heart and a new spirit, replacing hearts of stone with hearts that are alive to God.
Psalm 110 looks toward God’s victorious King, and Revelation 19 gives us another sweeping vision of that victory, culminating in the appearing of Christ.
Through all these images, we are being invited to see beyond appearances.
Death does not have the final word.
Failure does not have the final word.
Exile does not have the final word.
God is the God who brings life out of death. And in Jesus, the One who is Resurrection and Life, we discover that this new life is not something we achieve.
It is gift.
TODAY'S DEVOTION:
Can These Bones Live?
People can get the wrong impression about God.
That's part of what I hear in Ezekiel today.
When people look at suffering, hardship, exile, and loss, they can begin to wonder whether God is really good.
Or perhaps whether God is good but simply isn't powerful enough to help when we really need him.
Ezekiel's people had plenty of reasons to wonder.
Their world had fallen apart.
They had lost their land, their city, their temple, their security.
Everything that once seemed permanent was gone.
And then God takes Ezekiel into a valley.
A valley filled with dry bones.
Not dying people.
Not sick people.
Bones.
Dry, scattered, dismembered bones.
There is no fixing this.
There is no program for making these bones try harder.
There is no religious technique that can restore them.
They are dead.
And God asks Ezekiel:
“Can these bones live?”
Ezekiel gives the only answer he can.
“O Sovereign Lord, you alone know the answer to that.”
And then God speaks.
The bones begin to move.
They come together.
Flesh appears.
And finally the breath of God enters them.
They live.
Maybe this is what God wants us to see.
God's intention toward us is life.
And ultimately, if we want to know what God is like, we look at Jesus.
Jesus stands before the grave of Lazarus and says, “I am the resurrection and the life.”
Jesus enters death itself.
And on Easter morning, death discovers that it cannot hold him.
This is who God is.
The One who brings life out of death.
The One who breathes into dry bones.
The One who replaces hearts of stone with hearts of flesh.
The One who meets us in the places where we've concluded that nothing can possibly change and says, “Watch what I can do.”
And here's the beautiful thing.
The bones don't resurrect themselves.
They don't earn resurrection.
They don't prove that they're worthy of another chance.
They're bones.
God gives them life because God is the giver of life.
And that's grace.
Maybe there are places in your life today that feel like that valley.
Something has died.
Something has been lost.
Something looks beyond repair.
Don't confuse what you can see with everything God can see.
The valley of dry bones is not the end of the story.
Jesus is.
Resurrection is.
Life is.
So today, hear the question again:
“Can these bones live?”
Yes.
Because the One who is Resurrection and Life is here.
That's the prayer I have for my own soul.
That's the prayer I have for my family, for my wife, my daughters, and my son.
And that's the prayer I have for you.
May it be so.
TODAY'S PRAYERS:
Lord God Almighty and everlasting father you have brought us in safety to this new day preserve us with your Mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen.
Oh God you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you, and find you. Bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
And now Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. And where there is sadness, Joy. Oh Lord grant that I might not seek to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life. Amen
And now as our Lord has taught us we are bold to pray...
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image. And nourishing us with spiritual food, now send us forth as forgiven people, healed and renewed, that we may proclaim your love to the world, and continue in the risen life of Christ. Amen.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What Bible passages are covered in the September 14th episode of Daily Radio Bible?
This episode covers Ezekiel 36 through 37, Psalm 110, and Revelation 19, focusing heavily on the vision of the valley of dry bones.
What is the meaning of the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37?
The valley of dry bones illustrates God's power to restore hope and bring spiritual and physical life to a people who felt completely dead and exiled.
How does Jesus relate to the message of the dry bones?
Jesus embodies the message of the valley of dry bones by declaring Himself to be the resurrection and the life, capable of bringing new life out of any death.
