What is Your Need Today?

O. T. #1874  "What is Your Need Today?

Feb. 3, 2021

Ezekiel 11

LET IT GLOW

Anyone in need of some courage and encouragement today? We can find it here in this chapter.

Why was God giving Ezekiel all these visions? He gives the answer in verses 10 and 12:                  And ye shall know that I am the LORD.

• Sometimes we just need to stop and be reminded of this. God is our Creator (El Eyon), who made us and all things, thus controls everything. Are we His spiritual child, full of faith and trust? 
• He knows our needs even before we ask Him to meet them, for God is our Provider (Jehovah Jireh) and sees all. do we believe He can take care of our unpleasant situation?
• God is All-Powerful and All-Sufficient (El Shaddai), to whom nothing is impossible. Are we loving God, even when we can't see the good in our hurts and troubled times?
• He is the Lord Who Heals (Jehovah Rophi), that can heal our deepest woes and afflictions, using them to accomplish His purposes for His glory. Are we patiently waiting for the Lord's timing to bring healing?
• In our spiritual warfare, He is the one who will be our banner (Jehovah Nissi), that fights for us, strengthens us weak ones. He can break down the strongholds that have us captive.
• He is the Lord our Peace (Jehovah Shalom), that gives us peace as we go through valleys.

What gifts our God gives to us! Dear one, are you in need of Christ to rise up and be one of those in our life today? He is Immanuel, God with us. He is only a prayer away. Ask and ye shall receive; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened. Thank You Jesus! How faithful You are! 

LET IT GROW

There is a prophecy against the rulers that still remained in Jerusalem. Jerusalem had not yet been destroyed, although most of the Jews had been carried away into captivity. King Zedekiah was still on the throne. The rulers were in rebellion against God, as well as against the king of Babylon.

What was God saying to them?

• They are the flesh and the city is the caldron (a pot; to boil up).They compared the people dumped out into the pot by the sword of the Babylonians. The leaders thought they would be safe.
• Six years later the exiles would mourn thousands of Jews that died in Jerusalem.
• Judgment would be from God and not Babylon. Judah's secret sins were an open scandal in heaven. The 25 evil leaders would be a part of it.

The city gate was where merchants and politicians conducted business, so the 25 men may have represented the nation's rulers who led the people astray. They were not secure from another attack like they said. They thought no harm would come to them. We should care more about what God thinks, for He sees everything. Our secret sins are not a secret to Him. We need to confess our sins and ask God to help us overcome them.

LET IT GO

God forgive our nation for its sins. We kill unborn babies, allow homosexuals to be sharing their sinful lifestyle, we have stopped prayer and Bible readings in the schools, and we allow false religions here.