Ezekiel 5-8<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Thought<\/h2>\n
Through the prophet Ezekiel, God is announcing judgment upon the nation Israel, but it did not have to be that way. Israel had a special place in God\u2019s plan for the world, \u201cThis is Jerusalem. I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.\u201d (Ezekiel 5:5). Israel was the nation chosen of God to be what Jesus later described as \u201cthe light of the world, a city set on a hill\u201d (Matthew 5:14), a nation displaying the goodness and glory of God to all others. \u201cI will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing\u201d (Genesis 12:2). With great privilege comes great responsibility, a quote attributed to Voltaire, FDR, and Spiderman, but Jesus said it first, \u201cFrom everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked\u201d (Luke 12:48). Israel had been given much in order that by her conduct the world would know God.<\/p>\n
That was one way, but there is another. To a nation that had spurned God\u2019s blessing comes God\u2019s judgment, \u201cYour doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come; the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting on the mountains. Now I will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and spend my anger against you, and judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations\u201d (Ezekiel 7:7-8). The purpose of God remains the same, however. In chapters six and seven of Ezekiel, God speaks to the purpose of his judgment against Israel, that \u201cthey will know that I am the Lord\u201d (Ezekiel 6:7, 10, 13, 14; 7:4, 9, 27), a theme repeated over sixty times throughout the book of Ezekiel. One way or another, God will be known. One way is better.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.\u201d ~Matthew 5:16<\/i><\/p>\nDaily Prayer<\/h2>\n
My God, Maker of the heavens and the earth, Creator of all things, Owner of cattle on a thousand hills. Not a thousand cows, a thousand hills of cows. While I clutch the world\u2019s trinkets, You offer Your treasures. The choice should really not be that difficult.<\/p>\n
The greatest of all treasures, my God, is knowing You. May I cast aside all that entangles me, no matter how much it delights, if it stands in the way of knowing You. You, God, are my treasure.<\/p>\n
Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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