Where To Go with the Spirit of God

[S] Ezekiel 37:1-2 --
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.2 He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry.

[O] At first I was thinking that if the hand of God was upon me, shouldn't He bring me to a fertile land for me to dwell in?  At least that's the outcome I'd expect from being in His presence.  But Ezekiel certainly did not experience that as he ended up in the middle of the valley where it was full of "dry" bones.  Not quite a rewarding place to be.  However as God tells Ezekiel in verse 14 --  I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken and done it," declares the LORD. -- God's purpose was to use Ezekiel to bring life to that death valley.  In many ways, when God is with me, I should be in places where God is most needed, or where He lacks the most so that His life and light may be given out.

[A] I need to re-examine my heart so that I am not expecting God to put me in a "palace" when His Spirit is working in my life because on the contrary, He would send me to places where God is most needed which translates to places I prefer wouldn't want to be where He desires to pour out His life upon.  This is a scary proposition but the one that will mightily display His power and glory.

[P] Dear Father, as I ask Your wonderful plans to be unfolded in and through my life, I am also most scared because it would mean to be in the middle of the valley filled with dry bones so I ask You to give me eyes to see what is beyond as Your Spirit transports life there, using my life as a conduit, to overcome death into a living and breathing life.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.