The Vision, Day 35 God hears. Read Ezekiel chapter 35. As God is continuing to give visions to Ezekiel, it’s important to understand that Ezekiel is seeing what God wants him to see. God sees everything. God also hears everything. The people had been boasting about how they can do things without God. They didn’t need God, and God heard that and knows that it’s not true. God is holding people accountable for their words. Do we pay attention to the words that we say? Do we recognize the strength and accountability that we have towards the words that come out of our mouth? God sees everything and hears everything.…

The Vision, Day 34 We are his sheep. Read Ezekiel chapter 34. For those of you reading here in the United States, Happy Thanksgiving. Today is the day we celebrate and remember all of the blessings in our lives that we have to be thankful for. God has truly provided so much in each and every one of our lives that everyday should be thanksgiving. As we read this passage today, we seen that the people of Israel truly did have something to be thankful for. They were God’s children. God explains how completely he loves his children. They are his sheep and he is their shepherd. He will search…

The Vision, Day 33 Action. Read Ezekiel chapter 33. So much of what Ezekiel has prophesied has come true. The people are in exile and Ezekiel even hears word of the destruction of Jerusalem. God makes this statement to Ezekiel. People are still coming to Ezekiel to hear his prophecies. People still want to hear the word of the Lord. The problem is they do nothing with it. There’s no action taken based on what God is telling them. They hear God’s word and then continue doing all the wrong things that they have been doing. Can we really say we know something if we aren’t doing it? What we…

The Vision, Day 32 They will know. Read Ezekiel chapter 32. As God continues sharing his judgment on the nation of Egypt, we see the reason given for the judgment. First, the people have not been following God. That’s the reason they’re being given over to judgment in the first place. The second reason given is so that others will see what has happened and know that God is God. You see there’s never a singular purpose. A judgment of God is always about making sure people understand and glorify who he is. He is holy and just and righteous, and because of that, he punishes sin so that people…

The Vision, Day 31 Origin story. Read Ezekiel chapter 31. As we read this chapter, we see God describing Pharaoh of Egypt. God talks about the fact that he made Pharaoh and the entire country beautiful to start with. They were the envy of everything. We need to recognize that the origin story of all of God’s creation was perfect. Everything was perfection, including Mankind. Unfortunately sin came into the world and ruined that perfection. We can never forget that God created us in his image. He made us and made us beautiful. The sin in our lives is what gets in our way of demonstrating the beauty of God.…

The Vision, Day 29 Arrogance, part 2. Read Ezekiel chapter 29. The king of Tyre isn’t the only one with an arrogance issue. The Pharaoh of Egypt also is extremely arrogant. God calls him out and indicates that he is taking credit for God’s creation. He’s claiming that he made the Nile, while God is the only one who is the Creator. God made the Nile and all that goes with it. We can be arrogant and think we don’t need God, like we saw yesterday. Or, we can be arrogant and take credit for what God has done. God will not atand for either. God explains through Ezekiel that…

The Vision, Day 28 God proves his holiness. Read Ezekiel chapter 28. God continues sharing his judgment and as he does he reminds the people that through the demonstration of his judgment, he is showing his holiness. People will acknowledge his holiness as a result of all that they are going through. Others that witness the judgment will acknowledge God’s holiness. This isn’t about celebrating people being judged. This is about celebrating a holy God. Do we see the signs of God’s holiness in our life? Do we acknowledge him as holy when we see good things happen to people and when we see struggles happened to people? No matter…

The Vision, Day 27 Arrogance. Read Ezekiel chapter 27. God is continuing to discuss the judgment of the people surrounding Israel. This entire chapter is about the people of Tyre. Interestingly, they are profoundly arrogant. Their perception of themselves is that they are completely perfect and don’t need anything. Yet, God knows that they are not being obedient. Are we willing to recognize and admit our failings? Do we see when we have fallen short? We must not be like the people of Tyre and be so arrogant that we don’t recognize the sin in our lives. Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/vAJhv95o584

The Vision, Day 26 Absolute judgment. Read Ezekiel chapter 26. Reading verses like these can be really hard. We think of God as a loving and gracious God, and he is. But he is also infinitely holy. He cannot allow sin to remain. Seeing God’s judgment spelled out so clearly can be difficult to read, but God will root out sin. God will punish sin. Make no mistake, God’s loving nature demands that his holiness be protected. Are we recognizing all of the nature of God, his love and his holiness? Check out the video devotional https://youtu.be/ZOYv6Ehi_M4