Ezekiel 10-11 -- What God Can Do

The Spirit of God transported Ezekiel from Babylonia to Jerusalem and back in a vision.  He was told to prophesy against the leaders who remained in Jerusalem.  They had been telling everyone that the Israelites who had already been taken to exile in Babylonia were far from God, and that those remaining in Jerusalem were the loyal ones when exactly the opposite was true.

God promised to gather the remnant from all the nations back to Israel and to give them the land again.  That was an amazing promise, but what he said next was even more amazing:

“I will give them a desire to respect me completely, and I will put inside them a new way of thinking.  I will take out the stubborn heart of stone from their bodies, and I will give them an obedient heart of flesh.  Then they will live by My rules and obey My laws and keep them.  They will be My people and I will be their God.”

Father, absent the transforming power of Your Holy Spirit and Your deep love for me, my heart would be unable to love You.  Thank You for taking out the cold black heart of stone that my sin had created and for replacing it with an obedient heart of flesh.  Help me to obey You.  Thank You for allowing me to be Your child and for being my God.  I would have no other!

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford