Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ezekiel 37:3-4

"And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah." — Ezekiel 37:3-4 (ASV)

We have heard of a Roman Catholic who had, as a penance from his priest, to go and water a dry stick. Ezekiel's task of preaching to dry bones seemed to be as useless as that; yet, if God commands us to do the same, we need no other justification for doing it. What is foolish in the sight of reason is wisdom in the judgment of faith.