ASLC Devotions - Tuesday

Ezekiel 11:16 Therefore say: Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far away among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a little while^* in the countries where they have gone.

It's hard for us to understand and we don't like to think about it, but the Bible is pretty clear that when the Israelites were defeated and conquered and led off to slavery, God was in control. God let it happen or God planned for it to happen, or God worked it into God's plan. Whatever. But Ezekiel bears witness to the enduring faithfulness and love of God, even in the midst of that horrible situation. Even when the people are in exile, even when the people are far from everything comfortable, even when it seems (rationally so) that God has left the people for dead, God is still there.

The people may have had to leave their home for a while. The people may have had to have been distant from the place where God promised to dwell with them for a while. But God's flexible. God went with them. "I have been a sanctuary to them for a little while in the countries where they have gone." If the people couldn't be in God's house, God was in their house. Or tent. Or prison cell. It's nothing we'd want. It's nothing we'd wish for. But wherever you go, God will be with you. As a sanctuary for you.

In Christ,
Pastor Seth

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