Ezekiel 37:4-5 — 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 unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

There is a wonderful song that we sing from time to time in our worship services. Robin Mark wrote “The Days of Elijah” in 1994. You can find the story behind it at http://robinmark.com/the-story-behind-days-of-elijah/. The second verse begins “These are the days of Ezekiel, The dry bones becoming as flesh;” and of the days of Ezekiel he says, “The second verse refers to the restoration of unity of the body, what Jesus prayed for – “that they may be one even as I and the Father are one…” by reference to Ezekiel’s prophetic vision of the valley of the dry bones becoming flesh and being knit together. There are lots of interpretations of this picture, but one of a united church rising up in unity and purpose, is a powerful call on us in these days.” 
I want to take a day away from the introspective pieces of the last two days to consider this issue of the united church, twenty years on from the writing of the song.
The history of the church is a history of splits. Almost from the start there were “Jewish” Christians and “Pauline” Christians. Then the Gnostics came along. The Western church, the Eastern church. Catholics, Protestants — Lutherans, Calvinists, Methodists, Baptists … and now there are hundreds of denominations. So many little streams flowing from one mighty source.
The little streams run the risk of drying up, flowing into that valley of the bones. How do we avoid it? We don’t!
One of the great mistakes we can make is to think we can win the war in the heavenly places — or even the lesser battles. The battle is the Lord’s, and He will heal all the fractures in the body of His church in due season.
We have a lesser task … but is mightily important, and the Lord has caused breath to enter into us and we are alive. Our task is to be the best church we can be — to take that breath and use it to proclaim the gospel wherever and whenever we can. Our task is to take care of the family, and to reach out to those who aren’t in the family yet. We don’t need to be united in denomination, or style of worship, or architecture … just in purpose. When we are united in purpose, then we’ll be in the days of Ezekiel!