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Just as I’ve been taught to grab the attention of youth whom
I teach in order that they may hear and understand God’s truth, Ezekiel was
told by God to act out two scenes which would get all of the captives in Babylon
talking. The first had him packing up
for an escape, digging through the wall of his home with his hands, and acting
out an escape at night. It probably was
fine entertainment for the captives, but it had a purpose. God was showing them how the king and his
company would attempt to escape from besieged Jerusalem six years later.
The king and the entire government still holding out in
Jerusalem had been giving false confidence to those still living there,
claiming they could hold off the invaders and hold onto the city. To Ezekiel’s action sermons, the nationalists
among the captives claimed that nothing
he predicted would come true. But God had been patient long
enough. He called them “a people who refuse to obey.” (He said that about them four times in this one chapter!)
Why was God doing
all of this? “So they will know that I am the Lord.” Despite all of our
sin, God wants us back. He wants
us to know him and His Son, not just
as our Savior, but also as the Boss of our lives. It’s not enough just to get fire insurance. He wants obedience,
too.
Father, I’m sorry that even though I do know You as the Boss of my life, I still find myself disobeying you.
So often, I think it comes from a feeling of entitlement, and yet I know that I’m entitled to nothing. But for Your mercy and grace and love, I’d
deserve only hell. Please help me to continue to remember that – that You
are God and I’m not. Thank You for Your love for me, that fights
my own will to get me back to You. Don’t
ever stop, Father!
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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