The Staggering Question

"Son of man, can these bones live?" -Ezekiel 37:3

Never trample in with religious common sense and say, "Oh, yes, with a little more bible reading and devotion and prayer, I see how it can be done." It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration. We would far rather work for God than believe in Him. "Am I quite sure that God will do what I cannot do?" The degree in panic is the degree of lack of personal spiritual experience. 

"Behold, O my people, I will open your graves." When God wants to show you what human nature is like apart from Himself, He has to show it you in yourself. If the Spirit of God has given you a vision of what you are apart from the grace of God, you know there is no criminal who is half so bad in actuality as you know yourself to be in possibility. My "grave" has been opened by God and "I know that in me dwelleth no good thing." God's Spirit continually reveals what human nature is like apart from His grace. 

Honestly, I've had my doubts about God, faith, religion, etc. I've always said with minimal bible reading and prayer, I'll be cleansed; as if I'd be free of my sins. It's definitely easier to do something like play ball than to trust in God. With so many struggles and temptations, making a mistake is as easy as walking. Every sin is equal and we ask ourselves if we, a sinner, can be turned into a saint? Can that twisted life be put right? Quite frankly, I don't know if I'll ever be a saint, but I do know that God is the only one that knows. He put us in this certain path for a reason. We are human and God knows that. We make mistakes, we sin, we fall, we do everything wrong, and yet God is there protecting us, watching us, helping us. I know of these things but I still have a hard time trusting. Maybe one day I will trust God whole-heartedly, but today it ain't so. I hope as the days, weeks, months, years go by, I'll be able to look up to God and believe. I hope one day I can become a worker with God and not a worker for Him.