BEHOLD
Today’s Reading: Ezekiel 7-9
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The sun shining next to the Temple of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. In today’s reading we find the practise of sun worship.
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Key Verse: Ezekiel 8:4
And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the plain.
The word, “BEHOLD,” means to see, to observe, to watch, to gaze upon, to contemplate, to inspect, and to witness an important sight. What could be more important to behold than “the glory of God!!” Ezekiel 8:16 tells us of 25 men who “were worshipping the sun.” The Apostle John writes in John 1:14, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we BEHELD His ‘GLORY,’ the ‘GLORY’ as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth!” Paul wrote, “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with ‘GLORY’ and honour, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone” (Hebrews 2:9). Let’s read of other visions in Isaiah 6:1-5 and Revelation 1:13-18. The Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate, pushed Jesus forward in front of the paid lackeys of the High Priest and exclaimed, “Ecce Homo”…”Behold the man.” In so doing, Pilate focused the gaze of billions of people onto that blood-streaked face of Jesus, and onto the crown of thorns that had been crushed on His brow. Paul wrote these words, “Looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith” (read Hebrews 12:1-3).
PRAYER FOR TODAY:
O Jesus…I see You with new insight! I perceive in a greater way today than ever before who You are in all Your GLORY! You outshine the sun! I worship You! I give You my life all over again! Thank You for showing me a glimpse of Your GLORY! I pray that I will always keep You before the eyes of my understanding! In Your Name I pray, Amen!!!
100 PERSONAL WORDS:
While my Dad was still a soldier in the Canadian Army in WWI, he made his lifetime commitment to Jesus as his Saviour and Lord. He was 21 years old when he first received Holy Communion. The next day he was helping his father work in the field. During the day, my Grandpa saw my Dad staring off into space, immobilized, having stopped work for a time. My Grandpa said to him, “Roy, what are you gazing at?” My Dad said that at that moment he saw a vision, looking into Heaven, where he was beholding Jesus in all His Glory. I’ve walked that field thinking of Dad’s vision, wondering if God would give me a vision too. It didn’t happen to me, but as I type this, in a very real way, I am beholding His GLORY in my thoughts, and in my innermost being. I’m being changed from “Glory to Glory!” “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the GLORY of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord!” (2 Corinthians 3:18).
Yours for that daily transformation that the Spirit of the Lord is producing in our lives,
David
My Father, Roy Lake Mainse, in his WWI Canadian Army uniform.
I remember a chorus in Sunday school (a prayer-like chorus: “Oh to be Like Thee”). I think it’s appropriate for today’s reading. Blessings all.
I think it was this same song that someone searched and posted here before?Anyway,here it is.Blessings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK_wNxzUkqQ&pp=ygUST2ggdG8gYmUgTGlrZSBUaGVl
I have prayed David’s prayer today. ” O. Jesus … I see You with new insight! I perceive in a greater way today than ever before who You are in all Your GLORY! You outshine the sun! I worship You! I give You my life all over again! Thank You for showing me a glimpse of Your GLORY! Pray that I will always keep You before the eyes of my understanding! In Your name I pray, Amen!!!
I have been fervently praying all weekend and before for a couple of very troubling things in my life – one being my granddaughter, she has always been very driven especially in her school work. She attended a local Christian school until Covid. She then completed her high school through the same curriculum but through their home-school.
She finished Grade 12 with an 97.3 average. She has worked for the local vet this past year and he has offered to pay for her vet tech course but her piers seem to be telling her she won’t be accepted with her current high school diploma. She didn’t take easy courses just to get credits. She has all her maths and sciences plus a university English but they seemed to have her convinced it wasn’t enough – I talked to her and have prayed that she apply if she runs into problems then she can address them – but not to just give up. On her way to work this morning she told her Dad she thought she would apply. Praise the Lord and please Lord don’t let anyone change her mind again. My other issue is financial and I believe I heard from th he Lord the direction I should go and I pray that I heard it right.
Please stand with me for my prayers. God bless each and every blogger
Amen,just give it to the Lord.God bless
Amen 🙏✝️
Put yourself in Ezekiel’s shoes and ‘try’ to imagine how you would react.I think His spirit would calm us greatly and lift us.It would be a blessing to experience that.Praise God
Idols
Woe to they who can’t foresee
Their path without the Almighty
When they choose to fall mightly,
Forsaking the gift of eternity,
For if only they could see
What their idols truly be,
Then repentance would be their decree;
But blind are the eyes ne’er free
Until they have called out to Thee.
GW(Bill) Marshall (2015)
Breath From God
Each page is a breath from God,
Each sentence is written in love
And it will guide you as you trod
On your journey home above.
Let not fear plug up your ears
Nor the beauty of His truth escape,
For this truth dissolves all your fears
And fills your heart with agape.
To know the mind of the Lord
Is the purpose of these words divine,
So that you can wield His mighty sword
To fulfill His just design.
(G W) Bill Marshall/30 Nov, 2015
Oh Lord
Send me,oh Lord,where danger is rife,
Send me,my Master,that I might serve,
Send me,my Friend,I give You my life,
Send me,my Christ,but give me nerve.
Let me,oh Lord,show Satan’s black eyes,
That a common man can give his all
And one so lowly suffers and dies,
Before You return to watch him fall.
Use me,oh Lord,I am worthy as dirt,
Make me,my King,a nameless soul,
That I might,Your Holy Name assert;
Let me,Oh Jesus,fulfill Your goal.
G W Marshall / May 24, 2013