- Then the glory of the Lord went out from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. Ezekiel10:18 – God’s presence left the temple. We see in this passage a succession of steps of God’s presence slowly leaving the temple due to the sinfulness of His people. We must accept the truth that God’s presence isn’t in the lives of those who are still in their sin. If they haven’t found forgiveness of their sin through Jesus, the Holy Spirit isn’t in their story yet. We need to be aware of this and be active in the pursuit of that changing in their story. As we will later see in Ezekiel God’s presence returns, and so can God’s presence come into the life of someone who doesn’t know Him. Seek out today how you can help someone know that they can have God with them. I love you, but Jesus loves you – Mac – Daily DEVO 1074
- Then the glory of the Lord went out from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. Ezekiel 10:18 – The glory of the Lord was leaving the temple. As a result of their abandonment of God and their defiling of His temple, God was removing His glory from their presence. We see this movement of His glory with these chapters. From the Holy of Holies, to the threshold of the temple building, across the court, then standing at the east gate. There is this movement of God away from His temple. What comes to mind when I read this is how when Jesus and His disciples came to a city yet that city rejected His message, Jesus told them to dust off their sandals against that city. This was a symbolic way of acknowledging this city’s abandonment to the message of God and moving onto the next place. Yet what we see in Ezekiel 43 and Acts 1:8 is this reminder that God isn’t done pursuing His people. In Ezekiel 43 His glory returns to fill the temple once again showing God wasn’t done with seeking to make His people right with Him. In Acts 1:8 the commission to go into all the word to be a witness to the work of Jesus was given, that meant even sharing again in the cities that once rejected the message. Our God isn’t one that abandons us even if we abandon Him. He continues to show up and continues to offers a means of return back to Him. God loves you and you need Him. Know He isn’t abandoning you, but He will allow you experience what life is like away from His hand of blessing. My prayer for you is that if you are in a season of pushing God away, make a change. First, because you’ll exhaust yourself trying to get away from an omniscient God and second, because the one you’re pushing away is who can save you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2351
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