Can These Dry Bones Live Again?

A valley of dry bones, and the uncomfortable detail in the middle of it: the bones stayed dead until somebody opened their mouth. God had the power, but He worked it through a man who was willing to speak to a situation that looked finished. Everything God does, He does through people. The second half is Lazarus, with Martha telling Jesus she knew her brother would rise “at the last day,” and Jesus refusing to let her file it under someday. I am the resurrection and the life. It’s a habit worth noticing in ourselves: pushing God’s promises into the future, where they cost us nothing to believe. He asked her a direct question first. Do you believe this?