Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 

Today, we are invited to reflect on the powerful words of the Lord in Ezekiel 37:1–14.

Yahweh asks Ezekiel in verse 3, “Mortal, can these bones live?” 

And Ezekiel replies, “O Lord GOD, you know.” 

Then the Lord commands him, “Prophesy to these bones…”

Ezekiel said: O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

Yahweh said: “I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.”

These words echo the creation story in Genesis 2:7, where God’s breathes into the nostrils of the man, and he becomes a living being. The message is unmistakable: the breath of God is always the very longing of our existence. It is what makes us alive. Even in death—when our bones are dry and lifeless—we still depend on His breath to live again.

Yet this breath, this life from God, is something we often try to satisfy with things that cannot give life at all.

We hear this longing again in Psalm 130:

The psalmist said: “I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. 

My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning.”*

The psalmist reveals a truth about our humanity: our bodies and souls naturally long for God because we have wandered far from Him. We are vessels designed to carry His breath, and no matter how much we fill our lives with lifeless things, the longing remains.

Paul deepens this message in Romans 8:6–11:

Paul said:

To set the mind on the flesh is death. 

To set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 

Those who live only for the flesh cannot please God. 

But those who belong to Christ have His Spirit dwelling within them. 

And the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead will also give life to our mortal bodies.

Finally, in our gospel reading from John 11:1–45, Jesus makes a profound declaration to Martha with regards to Lazarus’ death. In verse 25 He says, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live; and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die”. Jesus said to Martha, “Do you believe this?”

This is one of the most beautiful truthes Jesus continues to reveal to the world even today. In Him was life—and that life is the light of all mankind

After this declaration, we witness Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Before calling Lazarus out of the tomb, Jesus prays, “Father, I know that you always hear me, but I say this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.”

The crowd responded in many different ways. Some believed. Others resisted. And some—even after seeing life restored—plotted against Jesus and Lazarus. But for those who believed, the resurrection of Lazarus became a living testimony of God’s life‑giving power.

From the creation of Adam, to Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones, to the raising of Lazarus, to our Lord Jesus Christ resurrection and even into our future to come, one truth will always remains unchanged:

Our entire existence is sustained by the breath of God and Jesus is the only one that brought that life back to us again.

And to see it is true joy. To received it is fullness and freedom. Its true life and peace until eternity.