Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything? Ezekiel 15:3-4 – If you were stuck in the forest, a fruitless vine would do nothing for you. It can’t offer you food, it can’t be used to for much of anything except fuel to keep your fire going. This is the image the Lord is creating to describe Israel. Israel was this fruitless vine. Offering the Lord no good thing and useless for His purposes. Yet Israel had a mindset that since they were the “chosen vine” that no harm would ever come their way. We see in this chapter the Lord address that bold, yet incorrect belief. As the vine is only good for fuel for the fire, so would the “chosen vine” be cast into the fire. Let’s take to heart what we are hearing. If Israel, the people of God, still had to face the fire due to their sin, how are we to think our sin has no consequences? God has made it plain what is sin and what isn’t, and He also has made it known to us through the stories of scripture He is willing to use drastic means to course correct our sinful lives. While believers in Jesus will never face the fires of Hell, do we really want our story to be a fruitless and useless vine for the Lord? If then you are not a follower of Jesus, I encourage you today to make that choice for what’s ahead for you is only the fire, but through Jesus you can be saved from that. If you are a follower of Jesus already, how useful has your life been to the Lord? I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3568
Question To Ponder: Why would God want to use us anyways within His work?
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