Wed.’s Devo - God’s Promises Always Come to Pass

Read: Ezekiel 10:1-11:25; Hebrew 6:1-20; Psalm 105:16-36; Proverbs 27:1-2 While Ezekiel was in Babylon, he intentionally looked into the spiritual realm and saw the Lord and what he was doing. God was speaking to the man clothed in linen that had marked the people of God. He told him to go under the cherubim between their wheels and take the coals and scatter them over the city. So the man in the linen went into the Temple where the cherubim were and one of them gave the man the coals from between the wheels of one of the other cherubim. The man took them and went out. The four creatures went up out of the Temple and went and hovered over the east entrance of the city. The Spirit of God lifted Ezekiel and took him to the eastern gate where he was shown the 25 leaders of Jerusalem plotting evil things. They were saying that Jerusalem was safe and was like an iron pot and they were like the meat in the pot. Nothing would get in and hurt them so they should plan their future right there. God had Ezekiel prophesy to them and tell them that he knew every word they said in secret and every thought that came to their mind. This city was an iron pot but the pieces of meat were the victims of their injustice. They would soon be dragged from this pot and be made to face the sword of war. They would be driven out of Jerusalem and handed over to foreigners who would carrot out God’s judgments against them. While he was prophesying, Pelatiah suddenly died. His name means “Jehovah’s way of escape. Meaning that death would be their better escape. God told Ezekiel that they people left in Jerusalem were saying that those taken captive were the ones far away from the Lord and they themselves were the remnant who the land had been given to. God told him to say that He would bring the scattered back to Jerusalem and they would come back with a new heart and a new zeal to follow Him. Then the cherubim left carrying the glory of the Lord to a mountain in the east. Later, the Spirit brought Ezekiel back to the exiles in Babylon and he told them everything that had happened. In Hebrews, God wants us to keep growing and moving forward. To turn back after experiencing the goodness of God is to be cursed and is likened to crucifying the Christ again. The writer didn’t think that this applied to them since they were meant for better things. God doesn’t forget the things we suffer for him and the good works we do in his name. It is God’s promise to bless us and cause us to be a blessing to those around hs. It is our part to wait patiently for him to act. Abraham was given a promise and had to keep waiting even when he didn’t see anything happening. We have to do the same because it is impossible for God to lie. Lord, thank you for the promises of God and thank you for faith to believe them. May we always wait patiently for God to act and bring His promises into manifestation.