Reading: Ezekiel 19, 20
My Verse: "I the LORD am your God;
walk in My statutes and
and keep my ordinances" (Ezekiel 20:19).
It is hard to think of You, LORD God, pleading with us, Your creatures! And yet, You do this over and over throughout scripture, throughout history. All of scripture is written that we may know You, forsake all idols, and turn to You.
"Then said I to them;
Let every man cast away the abominable things on which he feasts his eyes,
and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt;
I am the LORD your God" (Ezekiel 20:7).
This is so plaintive, poignant, piercingly sad because it reveals how very much You love us, how much You want us in fellowship with You but we continue to deny You.
"But they rebelled against me and would not listen to Me;
they did not every man cast away the abominable things on which they feasted their eyes,
nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.
Then I thought I will pour out My wrath upon them
and finish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt" (Ezekiel 20:8).
Thank You, LORD God for Your mercy, Your amazing love for us, because You did not destroy all as they deserved. In Your mercy You spared, and continue to spare us and give us yet another chance to turn to You!
Right now the politics of our country seems so out of whack. Many events occurring in our country and the world are disturbing.
Psalms 82:5 speaks to how messed up things become when our leaders rely on their own faulty wisdom, when they remove You and Your precepts from the decision making.
"They know not
neither will they understand;
they walk on in darkness:
all the foundations of the earth are out of course."
The amplified states that the "they" here are our leaders. And states how they walk in the "darkness of complacent satisfaction." It goes on to say that the foundations are the "fundamental principles upon which rests the administration of justice" and so the earth is shaking!
I heard on the radio an advertisement for a seminar that was to speak to the "Ideal Way to Raise Up a Child." I had to laugh as they is no such thing! We are all of us flawed - children and adults. We live in a flawed society. We may know the right thing to do, the right way to deal with a matter, but that does not mean we will do it. We can be placed into the most ideal and beautiful location with all the tools needed to do the job correctly and we will mess it up. Adam and Eve were in that situation - and look what happened. They had a better chance at succeeding than any of us and still . . .
You plead with us to come to You, to look to You.
Even as a saved person we are not immune to sinning, to messing up. Thank You, LORD God for constantly encouraging, and drawing our attention back to You and away from "the abominable things" and "idols of Egypt."
You, LORD God, did not just plead with us with words but by sacrificing Your only Son to enable us to come to You.
"let us also lay aside every weight,
and sin which clings so closely,
and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
looking to Jesus,
the founder and perfecter of our faith,
Who for the joy was set before Him endured the cross,
despising the shame,
and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:1,2).
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "I the LORD am your God;
walk in My statutes and
and keep my ordinances" (Ezekiel 20:19).
It is hard to think of You, LORD God, pleading with us, Your creatures! And yet, You do this over and over throughout scripture, throughout history. All of scripture is written that we may know You, forsake all idols, and turn to You.
"Then said I to them;
Let every man cast away the abominable things on which he feasts his eyes,
and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt;
I am the LORD your God" (Ezekiel 20:7).
This is so plaintive, poignant, piercingly sad because it reveals how very much You love us, how much You want us in fellowship with You but we continue to deny You.
"But they rebelled against me and would not listen to Me;
they did not every man cast away the abominable things on which they feasted their eyes,
nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.
Then I thought I will pour out My wrath upon them
and finish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt" (Ezekiel 20:8).
Thank You, LORD God for Your mercy, Your amazing love for us, because You did not destroy all as they deserved. In Your mercy You spared, and continue to spare us and give us yet another chance to turn to You!
Right now the politics of our country seems so out of whack. Many events occurring in our country and the world are disturbing.
Psalms 82:5 speaks to how messed up things become when our leaders rely on their own faulty wisdom, when they remove You and Your precepts from the decision making.
"They know not
neither will they understand;
they walk on in darkness:
all the foundations of the earth are out of course."
The amplified states that the "they" here are our leaders. And states how they walk in the "darkness of complacent satisfaction." It goes on to say that the foundations are the "fundamental principles upon which rests the administration of justice" and so the earth is shaking!
I heard on the radio an advertisement for a seminar that was to speak to the "Ideal Way to Raise Up a Child." I had to laugh as they is no such thing! We are all of us flawed - children and adults. We live in a flawed society. We may know the right thing to do, the right way to deal with a matter, but that does not mean we will do it. We can be placed into the most ideal and beautiful location with all the tools needed to do the job correctly and we will mess it up. Adam and Eve were in that situation - and look what happened. They had a better chance at succeeding than any of us and still . . .
You plead with us to come to You, to look to You.
Even as a saved person we are not immune to sinning, to messing up. Thank You, LORD God for constantly encouraging, and drawing our attention back to You and away from "the abominable things" and "idols of Egypt."
You, LORD God, did not just plead with us with words but by sacrificing Your only Son to enable us to come to You.
"let us also lay aside every weight,
and sin which clings so closely,
and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
looking to Jesus,
the founder and perfecter of our faith,
Who for the joy was set before Him endured the cross,
despising the shame,
and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:1,2).
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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