The Valley Of Dead Dreams

Have you ever had a dream die? The death of dreams can be very painful. In Ezekiel 37 God sets the prophet Ezekiel in a valley of dry bones. In essence he in a valley of death.

I love the mountains. I love the beautiful scenery. I love the views from high up on mountains. I love the challenge of climbing higher up mountains. I've noticed something. People love to climb mountains like Mount Everest. It is a quest and a challenge to conquer. Yet people do not live on mountain summits. The higher you climb on a mountain the more sparse the population becomes. People don't live on the mountain tops. They often live in the valleys.

That is where God set Ezekiel. In the valley. Valleys can also symbolize dark, low, and depressing seasons of life. That is exactly where God planted Ezekiel. In a low place.

Things were more challenging because the valley was littered with bones. Exceedingly dry bones. Bones represent death and these bones had been dead a long time.

How many people feel the same way? How many people feel God set them in a low, dark, and difficult place. In that place wherever they look all they see is death. Where vibrant dreams once flourished now there is only death. Visions crashed on the rocks of reality.

There are many people who started out enthusiastically chasing dreams and visions with vigor. Over time many of those dreams and visions died. Some died slow and painful deaths. The slow erosion of the dream eats away at faith and drains vitality from the soul. Other dreams die suddenly and tragically. It is hard to cope with the death of dreams.

At this point let me say some dreams need to die. They were never God's dreams. They were never in His plan or purpose. These dreams need to die and furthermore, we need to let them die and release them. I am not writing about those kind of drams. I am writing about dreams that God instilled in your heart. The kind of dreams that He wants to come true but they died in the valley. These are the dreams God wants to resurrect.

Picture Ezekiel standing in that valley of dry bones. Everywhere he looked he saw defeat, death, and hopelessness. It was in the middle of this scene that God speaks to Ezekiel. He asks the prophet, "Can these bones live?" For our purposes the question could just as easily be, "Can these dead dreams live?"

Why did God ask Ezekiel that question? Did God not know the answer. Of course God knew the answer to the question. Ezekiel's opinion is not the most important thing. What God thinks is of paramount importance.

Can your dead dreams live again? At the heart of this question is what does God will and what is God capable of doing. According to Ephesians 3:20 He can do immeasurably more than we think or can imagine. God can even resurrect the valley of dry bones dream with no life in them.

Ezekiel ansewrs, "You know O Lord." God alone knows what He is capable of doing. God knows what He intends to do. Do we believe the dry bones of dead and broken dreams can come back to life? Do we believe God is able to breathe life into what is lifeless.

Today, as you read this I am convinced God is speaking to some of you. He is resurrecting dreams from the tomb and calling them forth like He did with Lazarus. God is reigniting His dreams in hearts and minds again. These dreams are not only dead, but have also been dead for a long time.

Is God capable of resurrecting your dead dreams? He is strong enough to reach down into the valley of death and call dead things back to life. I certainly believe that is on God's heart. Listen for His voice. When He speaks and asks if you believe your Lazarus like dreams can live again. answer with faith. Answer believing God can do immeasurably more Trust Him to bring dead dreams back from death. Trust Him to resurrect what you gave up on a long time ago for His honor and His glory.