"The Least of These"

"The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion." (Psalms 134:3)

  Before you try and figure out what is being said, I need you to think about the One that said, "Be Blessed." I was listening to Dr. Chuck yesterday, and he was sharing about when Jesus called out for Lazarus to come out of the tomb, "Lazarus, come forth." The same voice that called for Lazarus to come forth, is the voice that said in the beginning, "Let there be light!" It is amazing to me how that works, because the power of God can make anything that is a nothing, into something that is everything; He has that ability, because He is God! I like the way this Psalm started, with the word, "Behold." It is like that term, "Hold onto your hats," said to prepare you for something that you did not expect or were not anticipating. If we are still talking about that title, "Those Who Serve at Night," then this is a tribute to those that serve in adversity and in obscurity, not wanting to receive, but just give, regardless of the cost, and even against all odds. The main meaning of "Zion" is parched place, a place that is dried out; which is a lot like those dried bones from Ezekiel 37, which God asked him, "Son of man, can these bones live?" This was the condition of us before Christ entered in and brought life by His Spirit, we were just the same as those dried bones; no spiritual life, whatsoever! What did the dried bones have in common with the valley in which they laid? Hopelessness! If you read the encounter between God and Ezekiel, the thing that brought hope was the Word of God, as God said, "O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD." (Ezekiel 37:4) When you read the Bible from cover to cover, God always uses that kind of introduction or closing to the things which we need to pay close attention to: "He who has an ear, let him hear," or in the case of this Psalm, "Behold." Do you know what God means when He says, "Today is the day of salvation"? Just like those dried bones, He is making you hear! Yes, that is what it means, this is your opportunity is listen, because He is giving you the ability to hear His voice; so don't pass it up! We all know why Jesus made sure to call for Lazarus by name; because He only wanted Lazarus to come up out of the grave. By the way, Jesus took His time getting to where Lazarus was, because He could have gotten there in time to make him well and prevent him from having to die in the first place; but what's the fun in that? Your darkest day is God's chance to say, "Let there be Light"...

"Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off from our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and shall put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord." (Ezekiel 37:11-14)