“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary—the stronghold in which you take pride, the delight of your eyes, the object of your affection. The sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.”
As I was reading through Ezekiel 24 I had to stop at this verse and ponder what it implies. Here God is about to desecrate something that was intended to be a place of praise and honor for His name but instead was turned into a religious symbol that distracted the Israelites from God Himself and brought the attention on their own power and accomplishments. What is it in my life that I take pride in, that is the delight of my eyes, and that has my affection? Am I allowing something God intended to glorify Him to become a boasting point for myself? Where in my life have I taken God’s glory for myself, what do I need to repent of and give the glory back to its rightful owner, God Himself?
Lord,
I surrender myself and my desires to You today. Help me to give You all the credit and to keep my focus on what You have accomplished through me and around me. I don’t want to be distracted by religious rituals and pride, I want to humbly submit to You and give You the glory for what You have done. I confess of my pride and desire for attention and honor. I know that without Your grace I would have none of the things I have; and that all good things come from You and are to be used for Your honor and not my own. Jeremiah 9:23-24 says “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight.” Lord this is my prayer that my boast would be in knowing You and that I would live each day as an offering to You.
Amen
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