God took Ezekiel on a supernatural tour of the Holy City, escorted by a bronze man with a measuring stick in his hand.  He showed him many details of the city, as if the Google cameras were rolling, mounted on a drone.

The Lord knows where you live, where you work, where you sleep, and He even knows what’s in your closets.  Nothing is hidden from Him.

He hears your prayers, your cries for help.  He knows your heart, and wants to put His mighty hand upon your life, just as He did Ezekiel’s.

DAILY PRAYER:  Father in heaven, place Your mighty hand upon me today, and lead me by Your Spirit that I might accomplish Your will.  Lead my steps.

DAILY READING:   Ezek. 37-40

Thus said the Lord through the prophet Ezekiel to His people.  God said He would do it for the sake of His Holy Name, and that He would move them to follow His decrees with a heart of flesh rather than a heart of stone.

Being full of His Spirit with a heart that He has crafted and conditioned will yield a fruitful life of purpose and reward.

Give Him your heart today.

DAILY PRAYER:  Father, forgive us for following our own ways.  We follow You.  Fill us today with Your Holy Spirit.

DAILY READING:  Ezek. 34-6

None of us can begin to qualify as a righteous person, for as scripture states, “All have sinned and COME SHORT of the glory of God.”  Gratefully, the LORD sent His Firstborn to pay the penalty for our sin.  The sinless died for the sinful.  He is our righteousness which we put on like a new garment when we accept Him as our Savior.

As Ezekiel clarifies, all our right living is nullified by one act of unrighteousness.  Aren’t you glad
Christ did not mess up?  We exist because He is our Righteous One.

DAILY PRAYER;  Father, thank You for sending Jesus to redeem us from sin, and thereby become our righteousness.

DAILY READING:  Ezek. 31-3

Ezekiel had the gruesome task of declaring God’s judgments upon nations and leaders for their sins. Often, at the conclusion of his indictment, he would state, “Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

God has His ways of revealing His power to us. He had to knock Saul of Tarsus off his ride.  He drowned Pharaoh in the midst of the Red Sea.   He caused the great Nebuchadnezzar to walk on all fours and eat grass like an ox.

We are wise to acknowledge Him in all our ways, and to submit our every plan to His guidance.  He will direct our work in truth.

DAILY PRAYER;  Lord, You are the great king of all the earth.  We submit to Your lordship and humbly ask that You lead us in paths of righteousness for Your name’s sake.

DAILY READING:  Ezek. 26-30

“I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.”

Sadly, God did not find someone to intercede for the land in this passage in Ezek. 22.

What God is looking for is someone to love what He loves and hate what he hates, and then plead with Him for others who are indifferent to His ways.  Christ Jesus is always the way to God.  He is what men really need.

DAILY PRAYER:  Father in Heaven, use me to be a tool to bring men to You through prayer and witnessing.

DAILY READING:  Ezek. 21-5

Generally, children will follow the tracks their parents have cut in life.  That is why parents should take great care to establish good habits in their children’s lives such as faithful attendance at church, good table manners, healthy eating etc. It’s not what they’re taught but rather what they’ve caught. They catch it from their parents.

It is even reflected in the football team they root for.  [Go Bucks]

DAILY PRAYER;  Father in Heaven, cause me to walk in straight paths to lead the footsteps of those that follow.

DAILY READING:  Ezek. 16-20

As I listen to the book of Ezekiel on Biblegateway audio Bible, I can’t help but imagine the living creatures to be jet airplanes.

Then, I found a youtube video which assembles pix of jets as it scrolls the first chapter of Ezekiel.  It makes sense.  [do a Youtube search on “Airplanes in Ezekiel”]

Regardless, the Bible speak to us today.  The important stuff is that we need to get right with God, and stay close to Him in perilous times.  We are safe in His arms of love.

DAILY PRAYER;  Lord, You have the end times in Your hand.  I will not fear, but trust You and Your mighty power to direct my life.

DAILY READING: Ezek. 11-5

God’s Spirit gave insight to Ezekiel about His grief over the detestable things the people Israel and Judah had been doing.  A man clothed in linen marked the heads of people who also grieved over the sin.  Their lives were spared when God’s anger over sin was unleashed.

We love the sinner but hate the sin.  Christ;s blood can remove all sin, but a healthy fear of the Lord and grief over sin helps pave the way for the revival God wants to bring.

DAILY PRAYER:  Father, give us a hatred for the things You hate, and a love for the things You love.

DAILY READING:  Ezek. 6-10

God gave to Ezekiel instructions on giving warnings. Essentially, if he warned evildoers of their fate if they persisted in their sin, their blood was upon them.  However, if he did not warn them of the consequence of their sin, their blood was upon him.  He had a personal responsibility to them.

The warning is an important part of being a parent, educator, task leader, or law enforcement officer. Its effective use allows time and space to repent or bring correction to wrong behavior.  It should be an integral part of life.

DAILY PRAYER:  Father, teach me to be a effective authority figure by using the warning.

DAILY READING:  Ezekiel 1-5

1. Low in the grave He lay,
   Jesus, my Savior,
   Waiting the coming day,
   Jesus, my Lord!
   • Refrain:
     Up from the grave He arose,
     With a mighty triumph o’er His foes,
     He arose a Victor from the dark domain,
     And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.
     He arose! He arose!
     Hallelujah! Christ arose!
2. Vainly they watch His bed,
   Jesus, my Savior;
   Vainly they seal the dead,
   Jesus, my Lord!
3. Death cannot keep his Prey,
   Jesus, my Savior;
   He tore the bars away,
   Jesus, my Lord!

-Robert Lowry, 1874