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Ezekiel 13-15

Read these chapters now with the BIBLE READER to the right of this post or at http://www.bible.com/. They really relate to today's devotion.

NO ONE IS TOO AWESOME FOR GOD.


I don't know if you've seen anyone like this-- (heck, maybe you're even like this)-- but sometimes people act like they're too cool for God or something. They think that they got all their money and fame and awesomeness by themselves, and they're blessed with a house and good family because they just... deserve it.

But the fact is-- everything is God given. Every sunrise, every dollar, every iPod... whether or not you believe it, it's true. God gives us our fortunes, and we're supposed to use them. In today's reading, God clearly stated that we're all responsible by how we handle ourselves, and no one is cool enough for God. He created us all, and loves us all... and is in charge of us ALL.

Ezekiel 14:12-14
The word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, if a country sins against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply and send famine upon it and kill its men and their animals, even if these three men—Noah, Daniel and Job—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD.

So no one it too "good" for God, because God created good! Not even Noah, who built the ark!

Another thing that adds to this message is at the end of the reading, when God was talking about wood. There are all different types of wood, all given from God. Good wood, bad wood... either or, they're all given by God.

They can also be taken away by God. And if God chooses to burn the wood, it's all the same in the end. Once you die, it doesn't matter if you were rich or poor, cool or nerdy... athletic or artistic... to God, that doesn't matter.

Your faith matters.

Think on that.

Peace.

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