Ezekiel 40-48

I decided to finish up Ezekiel this morning so I powered through Ezekiel 40-48. Most of it deals with details for a new temple and a new way of worshipping. Here are a few verses that stood out to me.

44:8 - Instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put others in charge of my sanctuary. - I wonder if we do this. Do we take the holy things of God and tasked them or delegate them to other people? What would some of the holy things that God has entrusted to you be? Are you doing them or figuring out how to get others to do them?

44:34 - They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. - This is the job of any godly leader and yet we spend so much time teaching them other things. We need to get back to helping people develop the ability to distinguish so they can honor God in the way the live.

46:9 - The reason God had them enter through one gate, but make sure to leave through a different one may have been to help emphasize to them that they needed to leave differently than they arrived. How many times do we leave an experience with God and His people the same way we came. Being in the presence of God and of God's people should cause us to be changed in some way. If we go through a service or a small group or a day and we are not affected by it we need to check the hardness of our hearts. God changes you and so does being with His people.

Love, Michael