More About God's Man for the Hour

1.  The Man whom God Raises for the Hour Must Know he Condition of God's people.  His knowledge of the condition of God's people must not be human knowledge.  It must be God's Revelation.  It is God who took Ezekiel down into the valley showed hm the bones, and caused him to walk around them, and take a close look at them.  It is God who said to him, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel..." 37: 11-14.

In Rev. 2-3, John is given revelation concerning the state of the seven churches in Asia Minor.  Five of those churches have serious faults.  The Lord speaks to 'the angel' of each church.  John does not speak to the whole congregation, but to 'the engel' of the church.  This is perhaps the one whom we would call pastor today.  In each case, the Lord is revealing to the pastor, the true condition of his church.  The pastor must see his church, not from a human point of view, but from God's point of view.


2.  The Man of God Must Have a Vision of The Resurrected Church.  It is a vision of what God wants His Church to be, and What He is going to make of His Church.  Vision Is Important.  But the vision must come from the Lord.  It is not human fancy.  The vision Must be in line with God's Purpose and Mission for His people.  The Visin Must give God's total purpose.  It is not enough for dry bones to become dead bodies with no life in them.  God's purpose isnothing less than making dry bones into An Exceeding Great Army.

3.  The Man of God Must have the Faith that God's Vision Is Possible.  "Son of man, Can these bones live?"  Ezekiel's reply; "O Lord God, Thou knowest."  In other words, Lord humanly speaking it is impossible; But with You, all things are possible.  You alone can do that.  The man of God must be a man of faith.  He must have the faith of God in him.  He must be filled with the creative faith of God.  He must believe that he can speak, and whatever he says will come to pass.  He will have whatever he says.  He must have creative faith.

4.  The Man of God Must be willing to be used by God, to do what God wants him to do to make His vision a reality.  "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?"  Ezekiel must have begun to realize that God had a purpose for taking him into that valley.  May be God wants to use him in some way in working out His purpose.  Notice that God does not hesitate to tell Ezekiel what kind of people He is sending him to.  They are a hardhearted, stiffnecked, stubborn people.. 2: 3-7; 3: 7-11.