Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. – Ezekiel 38:7
Confirmation of this exists throughout Christian history – enemies of God may defy Him, they may refuse to walk in obedience to Him, but the arms of the Lord are long. His power has proven to be superior to all Earthy powers and machinations. From the time of Israel’s exodus from Egypt through their wandering in the wilderness because of disobedience, until the present day, the judgment of God comes eventually. There will also be trials and tribulation, but the Lord consistently shows that He is in control.
Ezekiel prophesied to Israel through visions from God. Today’s verse references a time when armies joined together thinking it would be easy to overtake Israel and their land. They never expected the Lord Jehovah to wreak the havoc upon them that He did with an earthquake, hailstones, fire, and brimstone. The message to Israel was this: Be ready for the fight, be prepared to move as God directs, but look to see how God will display His power before the nations. The Lord is the judge of all those who disregard His holiness and cling unrepentantly to their sinful ways.
Take a lesson from this… seek the Lord’s guidance on how to ready yourself. Prepare yourself for His coming by kneeling before Him humbly with a contrite heart. Stay strong in your faith though evil may seem to prosper for a time. Intercede for the faithful who serve in government that they may withstand the pressures on them to defy the ways of the Lord. Then, pray for those who would do wrong, that they come to know the love and the power of God and change their ways.
Today’s Verse: Ezekiel 38:7
Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: Isaiah 55:6-11
Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
