Ezekiel 36:22-27, “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when through you I display my holiness before their eyes. I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all the countries, and bring you into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.”
Isn’t it amazing to be so loved by God that He is willing to make an example of what it means to be holy by using us? He says that He will make us clean, that we will be sprinkled with water, and that our ‘uncleannesses’ will be clean. We get a ‘new’ heart as in soul. We are born again, renewed with God’s indwelling Holy Spirit that for eternity will dwell in us for God’s righteous purpose. We will follow God’s desires because of God’s indwelling spirit gently directing us toward God’s purpose and eternal life.
Pause now and think about how much God loves you. Bow your head, lay on your face or simply close your eyes without distraction from music, television or family and think on these things of God.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, enormous is Your love for us. Thank YOU! You loved us so much that You sent Jesus to redeem us. Thank YOU! Guide our thoughts, words and deeds in Your holy way and name to the end that the Kingdom of Heaven may come upon the earth in the New Jerusalem with Jesus Christ as sovereign and judge. In His Holy Name we pray. AMEN!
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