Sometimes when you do everything you can do, you have to call on the Spirit of God to bring life.

Ezekiel 37: 4-10

Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but [there was] no breath in them.
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

So,Ezekiel is commanded by God to prophesy to these bones. In so doing, they would eventually come to life, and become a great army. He prophesied to them, and there was rattling and noise, and the bones came together, and the bones were covered with flesh... but the bodies were not alive.

Ezekiel did everything God told him to, but there was still no life in them. Then God tells him to call to the four corners of the world and call for God's spirit to come and breathe into them the breath of life.


Let's apply this to our spiritual lives. Sin causes death. So, we can say we are dead in sin. (Though technically this is not true once we are saved, but I hope you understand where I am coming from.)

We can try to read the Bible, try to pray, try to go to church, try to put up walls to defend against Satan's attacks, try to do our best not to commit certain sins. And yet, we fail. We 'fall' into sin again and again. Why? Because we did not have the Spirit of God breathing into our nostrils the breath of life.

We need to do what we can to combat Satan. We need to read the Bible, pray to God, go listen to the preaching of God's Word. But sometimes that isn't enough. We need God's Spirit to come in and breathe into us life and power and victory.

When you are at the end of the road, turn north and call for God's spirit; turn to the south and call for God's spirit; turn to the west and call for God's Spirit; turn to the east and call for God's Spirit. Life may come in a moment, it may come in a day, it may take a week, but call for God and he WILL come.