And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots, has consumed its fruit, so that there remains in it no strong stem, no scepter for ruling. This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation. Ezekiel 19:14 – As with many of the chapters of Ezekiel, having background knowledge on the nation of Israel in the Old Testament is essential to walk away with any understanding of what’s being said. The kingdom of Judah (the lioness in verse 1 and vine in verse 10) repeatedly had kings who were unfaithful the Lord, especially in the final years before the kingdom’s fall. Through the chapter we see the Lord deal with these unfaithful kings, verse 4 and 9 shows they carried the young lions away with hooks, or even in our verse 14 that the king of Judah’s actions came back on himself and destroyed the vine and fruit. This truly is a song of lament, a song of sorrow, and what’s fuels that’s sorrow is knowing this is not how it had to be. These kings and this kingdom had the unique blessing of the covenant God made with David, to keep a king on the throne and to bring immense blessing if they remained faithful to the Lord. While God kept His end with keeping a king on the throne (Jesus), due to their actions they received the pains attached to disobedience. All when it didn’t have to be that way. In our story, we too don’t have to continually be burdened with the shames of saying yes to sin again and navigating the consequences attached to our sin. Freedom from such things is available if we choose faithfulness. As with the people in Ezekiel’s day, you don’t have to choose unfaithfulness to God, you can choose faithfulness and have all that comes along with a faithful life to the Lord. A life of joy, peace, and purpose is available, but it takes a choice to follow Jesus faithfully. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3572
Question To Ponder: Knowing the two options available to you today, which do you choose?
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