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Scripture Focus:

Ezekiel 38:23 I’ll show you how great I am, how holy I am. I’ll make myself known all over the world. Then you’ll realize that I am God.

Ezekiel 39:27 I’ll use them to demonstrate my holiness with all the nations watching.

Psalm 145:8 God is all mercy and grace—
not quick to anger, is rich in love.

9 God is good to one and all;
everything he does is suffused with grace.

13 God always does what he says,
and is gracious in everything he does.

14 God gives a hand to those down on their luck,
gives a fresh start to those ready to quit.

Observation:

These verses demonstrate God’s character, his very nature. God’s nature can be a comfort or a terror, depending on which side of the fence you’re on.

Application:

I am to be like God. He wants me to be holy, just as he is holy. He wants me to be full of mercy and grace, not quick to anger, rich in love. He wants me to be good to one and all, do what I say and be gracious in everything I do. God wants me to give a hand to those down on their luck.

Prayer:

Father God, I cannot fulfill this vision unless you do it through me, so may your Spirit work in me to become like you.

Scripture Focus:

Ezekiel 8:12 Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, ‘The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.’”

Revelation 4:8 “ Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty,
Who was and is and is to come!”

Observation:

God is holy. There is no sin in him. It’s bad enough to compare ourselves with that kind of standard, but then we read in Ezekiel that God knows our thoughts, what we do in the dark, in secret. God’s holy standards include, not just what we do that other people see, but what we think in the secret chambers of our minds.

Application:

If I take this seriously, then I have to take my thought life seriously. I usually concentrate more on what I do externally, but if I think about the implications of God hearing my every thought, it really makes me pause!

One way to keep my thoughts holy is to be aware of God’s presence with me and his Spirit within me.

Prayer:

Father God, may the thoughts of my heart be pleasing to you today.

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