Ezekiel 36:9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown…. (KJV)
Psalm 71:14 is strongly in my mind while reading Ezekiel 36: “As for me, I will always have hope….” While Israel has to be held accountable for generations of sin and idolatry, this chapter makes it clear that God has not written them off, has not turned His back on them forever. Even with all their sin and depravity, God still recognizes His beloved, He is still for them. Thank You, Jesus.
Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
We have all had issues, matters, seasons in our lives where we felt we had gone too far past the point of God’s love, where we felt that He could never forgive us, could never wash us clean. But God shows through Israel’s story that His love is bigger than our sin. Actually, I guess it would be more appropriate to say that God shows through Jesus that God’s love is bigger than our sin, but Israel’s story serves to give us hope.
Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
Precious Savior, Thank You for Your fierce, unending, all-encompassing love. Yours is a love so big and complete that we truly can’t wrap our minds around it. Help us to know You more. Help us to trust Your promises. And when the world has given up on us and we have given up on ourselves, help us to remember that You are for us, that we are never, ever too far gone for You to save. Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
Ezekiel 36:28 Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God.
Have a blessed day.