Ezekiel 16:60-62 – “Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and Sodom, to be your daughters, even though they are not part of our covenant. And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord.”
Today’s chapter is long and honestly brutal. If you think this is a lot, you should read the book of Hosea… His entire life was an enactment of God’s people betraying him and selling themselves like prostitutes. He had to marry an unfaithful woman and keep pursuing her.
If you are unfamiliar with the story of Sodom, you can find it in Genesis 18-19. Their city name literally became a slang word for really bad sinning. God is so angry with Israel in this chapter because the sins of his people have been worse than the worst heathen cities. However, today’s highlighted verses (found at the end of the chapter) give us hope. God will restore his people and make a new covenant.
Here’s your freedom for today:
God’s never finished with you.
As horrible as the sins of Israel were, as much as they turned their backs on God and worshiped idols and engaged in evil rituals, God didn’t give up on them. He drove the evil out and promised to start again. His covenant, or promise, was still valid despite the fact that the Israelites had broken their side of the deal. Not only that, but God’s new covenant would include others who were the worst of the worst. He would make an eternal promise to save the whole world. Jesus came to begin the fulfillment of that covenant, and he’s coming back to finish his great rescue. No matter how much you feel like God wants to give up on you, just remember he’s not done yet.