All Creation Waits, Day 12 – The Breath Comes
Week 2 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Hope (Ezekiel 37)
Ezekiel 37:9-10a
9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” 10a I prophesied as he commanded me.
Thoughts
The Spirit (the same Hebrew word as “breath” and “wind”) moves across the valley and fills the bodies with life. This is creation all over again – Genesis 2 revisited in exile. God’s Spirit always moves toward what is lifeless. It always breathes new beginnings. Advent breathes through us, too – when we pray, when we hope, when we refuse to give up.
Question
Where do you sense God’s breath stirring new life around you or within you?
Prayer
God of resurrection, lift my eyes toward Your future. Revive what has grown dim within me …
