Ezekiel 38

Ezekiel 38 has some prophecy that really tells us a lot about the God we serve.  God instructs the army to “Get ready to fight, you and the whole company that’s been called out. Take charge and wait for orders”.  The next statement says “After a long time”…..now God asks the army to get ready, hurry up and wait….for a long time”.  Are you patient?  Do you wait on God to give you direction or do you just take off on your own and hope God joins you.  That is actually backward you know.  The way it should work is that we get ready but wait to join God.  That is how we achieve success, by becoming part of what God is up to, not by hoping He will bless what we have decided to do on our own.  I have had a tendancy to do it the latter way – to just go off and do my own thing and pray that God will bless it.  Sort of like throwing dice in Vegas.  Scripture tells us we should be ready, but wait for God’s direction so we can join Him in what He is doing.  That doesn’t mean we sit around and don’t’ do anything.  We still have to “get ready”, to be disciplined and prepared, tuned in to God and those around us so we can act in a moments notice.  Scripture tells us that everything will respond to God’s greatness and holiness: “Fish and birds and wild animals–even ants and beetles!-and every human being will tremble and shake before me. Mountains will disintegrate, terraces will crumble”.  We serve an amazing God.  He will make Himself known, and He wants to do it through you and me.  We are His chosen instrument.  We need to be ready.  “I’ll show you how great I am, how holy I am. I’ll make myself known all over the world. Then you’ll realize that I am GOD”.