Christian Devotional – October 29, 2024

The Vision, Day 4

The example. Read Ezekiel chapter 4.

God gives Ezekiel his first assignment. Ezekiel is to demonstrate the sin of Israel and the sin of Judah. He is to become a living example to the people of what their sin looks like to God. I’m sure this was not exactly what Ezekiel had in mind when he received God’s message that he was going to be used as a prophet. But yet here he is, lying in the dirt for over a year to demonstrate the sin of the people.

It can be hard to truly understand what our sin looks like to God. We are not holy and so the concept of being so perfectly holy that all of our sin looks so terrible, is really difficult for us to grasp. God uses people like Ezekiel to give visual examples so that we can better understand and more quickly repent of our sin. The people were going to expect the judgment of God but they needed to understand that what they were experiencing was the judgment of God, not just some random circumstance.

Are we paying attention to the signs that God puts before us in our life? Do we see how God works and moves to push us back toward obedience to him?

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