Ezekiel 26:19 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths over you and its vast waters cover you….”
What struck me as I read this chapter this morning was verse 21 and how similar yet utterly different it is from Jeremiah 29:13: “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” When we seek God, truly seek God with all our heart, we will find Him. Always. Yet in this chapter, Tyre who is profiting from Jerusalem’s destruction, will be dealt with by God, to the point that even those intentionally seeking Tyre will not be able to find it.
Ezekiel 26:20a “…then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of long ago….”
Pondering the lesson here: when we seek God—seek to find Him, to know Him—we will find Him. He wants us to know Him. He knows that we can only find true peace and contentment through Him. Yet when we seek to elevate ourselves—profiting from the misfortune of others like Tyre—God will bring us low because He knows that the way of the world will never bring us a full life and bringing us low will lead us back to Him.
Ezekiel 26:20b “…I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place in the land of the living.”
Lord, Thank You for allowing me to hear Your voice each morning. Thank You for the reminder that You are my future, my present, every good thing in my life. Please don’t ever let me lose sight of the need to keep You at my center. Please help me always to seek, to listen, to know Your voice. Amen.
Ezekiel 26:21 “I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more. You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
Have a blessed day.