Creative Space for Wanderers
Read: We pick up where we left off yesterday through the end of Ezekiel. This time focused on restoration of the priesthood and Israel, the allocation of the land and the reinstatement of the rituals and offerings. It’s unlikely that we would get excited about these details, but those who are in exile, banished from …
Read: There is a lot to consider in these two chapters, but I hope that they encourage us to be a witness to the world, to be accountable to whatever our calling may be as we live out our lives for Christ. Ezekiel’s Call as a Watchman Revisited Flashback to chapter 3, here we are …
Continue reading “People Will Recognize Ezekiel; God Is The Shepherd”
Read: The last chapter in part one of Ezekiel compares Jerusalem to a cooking pot, the chosen are cooked along with the pot itself, one more parable for our ancestors to consider. The last section gives us something ponder: Ezekiel’s wife dies suddenly. The Lord tells Ezekiel and gives him direction to use this as …
Read: I probably should have stopped to review Zedekiah’s history a few days ago to give us some perspective, but here we are today in the 10th year as king, near the end of his of his reign as king of Judah. At this point, he’s heard enough of Jeremiah, so he has him confined to …
Read: Jeremiah’s words are not all gloom and doom. For those who listen to the whole message, there is great hope in the words we read today. I can’t wait for this moment, to see this glorious day! “‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will break the yoke off their necks and will …
Read: God used Nebuchadnezzar as an instrument of discipline against the nations. His actions are difficult to understand by most and we see prophets arise to say things the people wanted to hear, yet they were words not from the Lord. Jeremiah calls them out, not a pleasant exchange, but what else can he do? …
Continue reading “Nebuchadnezzar Rules; False Prophets; Letter to the Exiles”
Read: The imagery created by this parable touches many of the senses: sight, sound, touch, smell and even taste if you’ve spent time in an artists workshop. As the Lord moves Jeremiah to visit the local potter’s house to teach this lesson, it’s easy for me to put on those shoes, to be transported back …
From recognition of my many sins to the image of Beulah Land, through the land of despair and discouragement, today’s reading was a challenge for me for deep personal reasons. God is so faithful as I read this morning. I hoped He would speak to me in these verses and then it happened–nearly the last …
Continue reading “Sin, Favor, New Heavens and New Earth; Beulah Land”
Read these words today and receive the assurance that God is with you, that God is for us who call upon His mighty name. As I read through these chapters, several songs and hymns of praise come to mind. My words are few this morning to make way for Isaiah to speak to your soul. …
This past week at Exponential, I was reunited with so many men and women of great faith and deep humility; those who have led literally hundreds to Christ by creating and cultivating environments that were safe to discuss eternal matters. These leaders have names I know well, but you would not recognize from headlines. They …