RATTLE!

The song “Rattle” by Elevation Worship is a powerful reminder of the power of God and His ability to bring life to the dead. The lyrics of the song are based on the Bible verse Ezekiel 37:1-14, which tells the story of the prophet Ezekiel being taken to a valley of dry bones and being asked to prophesy to them. The bones come to life and are filled with the breath of God, a powerful reminder of the power of God to bring life to the dead. 

The lyrics of the song remind us that God is able to do the impossible. Saturday may have been silent, but God is never silent. Friday may have been filled with disappointment, but Sunday is filled with the empty tomb and the promise of resurrection. The Pentecostal fire of the Holy Spirit is stirring something new in us, and we can be sure that God will never run out of miracles. 

The bridge of the song reminds us that God is able to save, deliver, heal, and restore anything that He wants to. We can look to the example of the man who was thrown on the bones of Elisha and see that there is nothing that God cannot do. We can also look to the stone that was rolled away from the tomb in the garden and see that when God says to move, we can feel Him moving it now. 

The chorus of the song reminds us that this is the sound of dry bones rattling, the sound of praise that makes a dead man walk again. We can open the grave and come out, living again in the power of the resurrection. We can hear the sound of the Lord and be filled with life. 

Let us remember the power of God to bring life to the dead and to do the impossible. Let us remember that when God says to move, we can feel Him moving it now. Let us open the grave and come out, living again in the power of the resurrection. Let us hear the sound of the Lord and be filled with life. 

Bible Verses: 

Ezekiel 37:1-14 

“The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.” So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.” 

John 11:25-26 

“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” 

Romans 8:11 

“If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.”