Ezekiel 30: 10-11 – “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: By the power of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, I will destroy the hordes of Egypt. He and his armies—the most ruthless of all— will be sent to demolish the land. They will make war against Egypt until slaughtered Egyptians cover the ground.”
Do you feel in charge of your life? Do your decisions feel like your own? Or do you feel like a mere pawn? In some ways, no matter which way you think, you are right and wrong. Kings tend to think of themselves as powerful, but we see in today’s highlighted verses that God is using them to accomplish his purposes. And he often does that with us as well. My life is not about me. In the end, it’s about what God wants to do with it.
On the other hand, if you simply feel like a pawn, you have not grasped how to view yourself in the image of God. He is creative, strategic, and active. We are made in his likeness because we possess these traits as well and are meant to use them. There is a fuzzy line between God’s action and our own.
Here’s your freedom for today:
You are most free when working in tandem with God.
If you oppose God, he may just end up using you for his own purposes and then destroy you as well. God is not a respecter of persons, meaning that he doesn’t take your social status into account. If you work in tandem with God, you are both useful and powerful. You are given supernatural authority to accomplish eternal purposes, and also God is using your life to accomplish his eternal purposes. When those are one and the same, your life is exactly how it was meant to be.