Ezekiel 32

Ezekiel 32 is God’s message through Ezekiel about the coming fate of Pharaoh and Egypt.  They are going “down to the grave” and will be slain.  They “once terrorized the land of the living” and were the powerful on this earth.  But now, God is ready to put them in the grave.  They have totally missed the fact that God is in control and is who He says He is.  So…..God’s response is pretty straight forward.  “When I strike dead all who live there, then they’ll realize that I am GOD”.  It is easy to sit here in my office and wonder how they can be so darn stupid.  But when I really ask that question, I have to answer the same for me – how can I miss God so often day after day.  Because I don’t focus on Him.  I allow the circumstances and activity of the day to get my attention and I just totally tune out my focus on God.  That is not only wrong, it is dangerous.  I miss my chance to join God in what He is up to and to minister to those He brings across my path if I am focused on me and what I need to do.  Each day God has a number of divine appointments for my life.  He brings many people across my path through face to face interaction, the phone, email or any other number of means.  I miss so many blessings because I am too distracted by my own agenda to get in on His.  It is high time for me to “realize that He is God” and that my life is all about serving Him.  It is not about me, it is about a relationship with the God who created the universe and His Son who paid the ultimate price for my sin on the cross.  I have to be careful I don’t get the attitude of Pharaoh and become a “pompous old goat” that God has to deal with.  God is in control, and He demands my understanding and right response.  I do realize that He is God.  How about you?