Ezekiel 37:7 ‘So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.’

DAILY READING Matthew 3; Exodus 24; Proverbs 11

Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke was principally known for his Great Gospel Crusades throughout Africa.
However, before his worldwide ministry began, he overcame a great setback. In 1984, he had acquired the world’s biggest revival tent, which cost more than $3 million and seated 34,000 people.
During the dedication of this tent on February 18 1984, thousands of souls came to Christ. And in two months of using the tent throughout the nations of southern Africa, thousands more were saved, delivered and healed.
This good news however made many witch doctors in the region to be unhappy. In the early hours of Sunday, May 6, 1984, a freak wind suddenly ripped the tent apart and shredded it to fabrics. As witch doctors openly claimed that they had destroyed the tent, Reinhard Bonnke was undeterred. As he sought God’s direction on what to do, a comforting Word of prophesy came, saying “My glory shall be a canopy that covers the people and the praises of my people shall be the pillars.”
From this prophesy, Bonnke realized he didn’t need a tent, rather God’s glory was the canopy he needed. And so he made the decision to hold the next crusade in the open air.
Taking their place as the prophesied “pillars,” thousands of Christians began to pray, praise and intercede for a fair weather. As if to worsen matters, the week before the crusade, a winter storm struck the region, uprooting trees and destroying homes. But miraculously, the rains stopped just before the opening service of the crusade on Saturday, May 19 1984. Afterwards the sun shone throughout the days of the crusade. This crusade became the greatest revival that ever took place in the history of Cape Town till then. Over 70,000 attended, more than 29,000 made decisions for Christ and thousands were healed through amazing miracles.
Bonnke would later say, ” Had the tent remained intact, it would have been too small to accommodate all those people.”
From then on, Bonnke’s crusade would expand to hundreds of thousands of people throughout Africa which no tent could contain, rather the canopy over them was indeed the glory of the Lord.

Sometimes what the enemy sends to scatter you, ultimately ends up, serving God’s perfect plan for you.
In our personal lives and in our nations, there are times it may seem as if an evil wind from the enemy has come to rip things apart. But rather than relent, that is when to go into intense prayers, clamorous praise and intercession. Often what may initially appear like chaos and turbulence, will end up leading to our change of level, greater growth and increase.

In Ezekiel 37, before the mighty army arose in the valley of dry bones there was a shaking and rumbling. The rumblings may have sounded like scattering and destructions, but in reality, a miraculous formation was taking place. In the turbulence, bone came to bone, and things began to take shape until a mighty army arose.

In acts 8, the enemy thought he was scattering the Christians when he used Saul to launch an intense persecution against the Church. But when the disciples fled Jerusalem to escape persecution, they ended up proclaiming the gospel everywhere they went. This caused the church to grow mightily, achieving the very opposite of what the enemy planned.
Indeed whatever the enemy meant for evil in our lives and in our nation, God will turn it all around for our good. Never forget that tests precede testimonies and trials precede triumphs.
Therefore, if it seems as if you are going through a season of trouble, realize that it’s only temporary, because through the help of God, you are surely bouncing right back again. You may get knocked down, but not knocked out. You may be bent over, but it’s not over because you will rise again.
Indeed in this season, as we hold on to God’s Word and remain strong in faith, we can trust Him to turn around every contrary situation for us. No matter how dry or hopeless things may seem, God will certainly cause every dry bone to come alive again. [Ezekiel 37:7]
As we continually praise and bless Him, surely He will turn every mourning into dancing for us and give us beauty in the place of ashes.

PRAYER: Lord please help me to always see You at work in my life no matter what things may look like. Thank You Lord that even right now, You are working out everything together for my good in Jesus Name. .

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When you apply The Word of God, it will work for you, anywhere and anytime- WORDBITE 222.