Thurs.’s Devo - The Fear of the Lord

Read: Ezekiel 39:1-40:27; James 2:18-3:18; Psalm 118:1-18; Proverbs 28:2 God declared absolute defeat on his enemy of Gog, the ruler of Mesheck and Tubal. God told Ezekiel that when he starts judging them, shame will fall on the world. The people of Israel would pick up the small and large shields, bows and arrow, javelins and spears and they would use them for fuel. This fuel would last them for 7 years. God’s people would plunder those who planned to plunder them and they would rob those who had planned to rob them. If this isn’t a picture of what is going to happen in America, I don’t know what is! When God starts judging the people who have done such evil and deceit, it is going to bring the fear of the Lord on the nation and the world. People are going to see that money can’t save them and evil will be punished. It will take them 7 months to bury the bodies and cleanse the land. It will be a glorious victory for Israel. It will be a glorious victory for America when the wicked leaders are sentenced and jailed. Ezekiel was to call all the birds and wild animals to gather and eat the flesh and drink the blood of the slain. This is known as the feast of Leviathan. This is also a picture of the very end of time. On the first day of Nisan, the month of Passover, God brought Ezekiel to him in the people to Israel and set him down on a very high mountain. From there he could see a city in the south. There was a man, an angel who met him at the entrance and gave him a measuring rod and a cord. He told him to measure everything. The wall on the outside of the house, the house itself, and the gate. Inside were champers and he was the measure them, the porch, the entry of the gate, the space between the little chambers, the narrow windows and the posts within the gate, and the arches. Each post was a palm tree. Each side, north, south, east and west had the same chambers and seven steps. Everything he measured was significant. In Hebrews we read that faith motivates action. They work together. He gave a warning to teachers because their mouths are what they use to instruct others. They will be held responsible for every word that comes out of them. Our words are super powerful and the intentions of our heart are just as important. God’s wisdom is the opposite of jealousy and selfishness. Wisdom from God is peace loving, gentle and loves others and is full of mercy and good deeds. Lord, may we plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness. May the fear of the Lord fall upon our nation.