“PROPHESY TO THE WIND”

“PROPHESY TO THE WIND”

…Prophesy upon these bones, and say 

unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word 

of the LORD. Thus saith the Lord GOD 

unto these bones; Behold, I will cause 

breath to enter into you, and ye shall live 

(Ezekiel 37:1-5).

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Are you aware that you can change hopeless 

situations and effect positive changes in your 

life through the creative power of God’s Word in your 

mouth?  You  can  change  anything  through  the  gift 

of prophecy. To prophesy means to speak words of 

divine revelation and potency: words that have, and 

give life. 

In  our  opening  scripture,  Ezekiel  found  himself 

in a valley full of dry bones, and the Lord asked him, 

“Can  these  bones  live?”  Ezekiel’s  response  was, 

“Lord, you alone can tell”; it was a hopeless situation. 

Nevertheless, God said to Ezekiel, “Prophesy to these 

bones”; He needed Ezekiel’s cooperation. 

Now, here’s the interesting thing: the first thing 

God  said  would  happen  to  the  bones  following 

Ezekiel’s prophecy was that He would cause breath 

to  enter  into  them.  But  read  what  happened:  “ So 

I  prophesied  as  I  was  commanded:  and…when  I 

beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon 

them,  and  the  skin  covered  them  above:  but  there 

was no breath in them” (Ezekiel 37:7-8). 

Ezekiel  prophesied  as  he  was  commanded,  but 

the  very  first  thing  God  said  would  happen  to  the 

bones didn’t happen; there was no breath in them. He 

brought this to God’s attention and God said to him, 

“…Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man…” 

(Ezekiel 37:9). 

Notice the difference this time: he was to prophesy 

to the wind, not the bones now. When he did, the Bible 

says, “…breath came into them, and they lived, and 

stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army”  

(Ezekiel 37:10). This is as profound as it is instructive. 

Sometimes, a word of prophecy comes to us, and 

we’re waiting for it to be fulfilled, and it doesn’t; so we 

think the prophecy was false. But we never asked the 

Lord what next to do as Ezekiel did. Ask the Holy Spirit 

the next step to take; the specific words to speak now. 

He’s our Instructor; He leads and guides us. He’ll show 

you what to do, and tell you what to say. Maybe you 

need to “Prophesy to the wind” too. Hallelujah!

PRAYER

Righteous Father, you have set me over the nations 

and over the kingdoms, to proclaim your goodness 

and declare your faithfulness to the ends of the earth. 

Your righteousness is established in the nations, and 

the Gospel of Christ prevails and is glorified in all the 

earth, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.  

FURTHER STUDY:

Romans 10:6-8; Romans 12:6; Hebrews 13:5-6