Ezekiel
Ezekiel 1:3 “The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.”
Ezekiel is among the most interesting characters in the Bible that you’ll ever come across. The book that bears his name is filled with some of the oddest passages in scripture.
For starters, it begins with a vision of God’s throne descending from Heaven, and the details involved in this vision are hard for the human mind to comprehend. Creatures with four different faces, multiple sets of wings and arms, enormous wheels that are covered with eyes…it’s strange, to say the very least!
That sort of sets the tone for the Book of Ezekiel – and for his ministry in serving the Lord, for that matter. God called this man to do some things that we’d find bizarre. For example, He told him to eat a scroll (Ezekiel 3:1), He told him to go and shut himself up in his house for a prolonged period of time (Ezekiel 3:24), and He told him to act out the siege of Jerusalem by laying on his side for several days (Ezekiel 4:1-6). Let’s be honest: That’s not the type of stuff we’d necessarily volunteer for because it all seems rather odd.
Yet, Ezekiel didn’t let that stop him from being obedient. True, God was calling him into some strange territory. But Ezekiel wasn’t concerned with staying in his comfort zone; he desired to put the Lord’s will ahead of his own.
Now, it’s safe to say that God isn’t going to tell us to do the sort of things He told Ezekiel to do. However, you can be sure He’s going to call us beyond the boundaries of our comfort zone. And when He does, it’s this character named Ezekiel who ought to inspire us to step out in new directions that might seem strange and uncomfortable to us.
Put God’s will ahead of your own. When you do, you’ll share in the perspective Ezekiel had – as well as the honor of being used by the Lord.
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Thank You Jesus!!!
For Everything… For me losing my Job! (way less stress), (time with my kids.)
For My Kids! My God is Amazing, How does He keep them so focused on their schooling a midst everything I have dragged them through… straight AAAA’s… GATE… and accelerated classes. 6 months in a weekly hotel and what do they do? their homework when they come through the door. We were about to watch a movie last night and the phone rings and my son answers it… me i would have let it go to voicemail to avoid whatever. I had to say… ” I’m spending time with my kids and i can’t” It didn’t hurt at all. Courageous, What an awesome movie… all three of my kids were glued to it! It was really an Amazing night and definitely not in my comfort zone but i trust God will get me there.
Thank You Jesus!!!