A Valley of Dry Bones -Ezekiel 37:4 part 2

5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again! 6 I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
7 So I spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there was a rattling noise all across the valley. The bones of each body came together and attached themselves as complete skeletons. 8 Then as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies, but they still had no breath in them.


Verse 5-8

Here the Lord said Something.He said I would put breath into you.Breath signifies life,the spirit of God within man.Then He would put flesh and muscles.
Looking at verse 7 we realize something significant in the sequence which the Lord used for restoration

1. He attacked the foundation;the bones are useless if they don't come together to form a skeleton.The skeleton is the underlying framework of the body.Similarly to solve your problem ,you need to identify the root of the problem,if it is your broken marriage,then identify what caused it.It is only when you know the cause that you can salvage the situation.Don't just jump into patching up the external,touch the core situation.Get the skeleton together
2. He goes on to add Muscle and Flesh (in that order) to hold the bones together,what are your muscles ?,the core values you use to govern your life.It should be God-centered to enable it to hold the bones together in stormy situations.
3. Then the Skin.Most of us would like to add the skin first.The Skin is the outward manifestation of a solution.We sometimes prefer that people see that how children are happy,our marriage is going on strong ,our body is well etc .All these we want,whiles there is an inner decay.The Skin should be the last.And to put the skin,we need action,the skin becomes healthy when you feed it.you marriage becomes healthy when you give it attention.your finances grow when you work on it.its not automatic.
4. Finally ... but they still had no breath in them. What does that mean.It means that physically everything is alright but spiritually everything is dead.The Breath is the spirit of the living God dwelling within us.It is that which quickens our mortal bodies.It has to become part of the total package or else the package would collapse at the onset of a storm.The truth of life is that you DON'T NEED GOD TO excel but YOU NEED HIM TO CONTINUE BEING EXCELLENT AT ALL TIMES;in and out of storms.