Ezekiel 8:16 – “Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the Lord’s Temple. At the entrance to the sanctuary, between the entry room and the bronze altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs to the sanctuary of the Lord. They were facing east, bowing low to the ground, worshiping the sun!”
One of the things on my heart when I chose to work through the book of Ezekiel was the fact that in America we have lost sight of God. And I don’t mean regular, everyday Americans. I mean the church. Some have married politics, others have left the heart of Jesus, and others have stopped preaching anything resembling Good News. The American church in many ways is thriving as there are many who are seeking after the Holy Spirit. But many are also falling away.
In today’s highlighted verse, we see people bowing to the sun in the very place they had built to worship God. When we read this, it might be easy to see it as different from anything we would do. But we need to check ourselves. What created thing has taken God’s place in your life? What is the thing your heart is chasing after?
Here’s your freedom for today:
The one, true, living God is the only one deserving of worship.
Our hearts and spirits are absolutely set free when we worship the one true God. He is here, in this chapter, watching his people give away their hearts to other things. It’s painful, it’s sad, and it shows how far God’s people had strayed. If your life is comfortable and safe, if you are seeking security over the supernatural, if your heart longs for something more than God, realign yourself today. Physically bow to him in prayer and worship. Ask him to bring you back to himself.