August 19
Ezekiel 14:1-16:63
I forgot. This is something I say almost daily as things go in one ear and out the other. How easily we forget things. God, in understanding the forgetfulness of his people, reminds them in Ezekiel 16 of all he has done for them. He brought life to them, raised them, married them, and provided for all their needs. Despite God's extravagant grace and provision, they ran from him and gave themselves to other gods. They forgot all good things are gifts from God. Instead they assumed their prosperity was due to their own abilities, and they could use what they had for their own purposes. In strong language God confronts the nation for their foolishness and their idolatry. He says, "I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant. Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you" (Ezekiel 16:59-60).
God responds with justice but also with amazing grace. He continues to pursue his whole creation and longs for everyone to come into a covenant relationship with him. The more we remember God's character, God's work, and God's grace the more we will run to him rather than wasting ourselves on inferior substitutes. So let us not forget all that he has done.
Father God, thank you for all you have done for me. Help me to never forget but always trust you. Amen.
What causes you to forget that God is the one who has given you all the good things in your life?
I forgot. This is something I say almost daily as things go in one ear and out the other. How easily we forget things. God, in understanding the forgetfulness of his people, reminds them in Ezekiel 16 of all he has done for them. He brought life to them, raised them, married them, and provided for all their needs. Despite God's extravagant grace and provision, they ran from him and gave themselves to other gods. They forgot all good things are gifts from God. Instead they assumed their prosperity was due to their own abilities, and they could use what they had for their own purposes. In strong language God confronts the nation for their foolishness and their idolatry. He says, "I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant. Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you" (Ezekiel 16:59-60).
God responds with justice but also with amazing grace. He continues to pursue his whole creation and longs for everyone to come into a covenant relationship with him. The more we remember God's character, God's work, and God's grace the more we will run to him rather than wasting ourselves on inferior substitutes. So let us not forget all that he has done.
Father God, thank you for all you have done for me. Help me to never forget but always trust you. Amen.
What causes you to forget that God is the one who has given you all the good things in your life?
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