Hi Peeps,

Today’s Quote

“When you allow others to dictate your relationship with God, it’s not a relationship at all.”

TB

The Moment

The moment I realized that my relationship with God was a 1:1 endeavor, my understanding of Christ and His purpose in my life changed. Rather than going to others to tell me who He is, I began to ask Him directly. Let’s just say, it was a game-changer. Friends, if you aspire to know God, you have to talk with Him! I can’t do it for you. Your pastor can’t do it for you. Your mom and dad can’t do it, and so on.

The Distraction

The opposition will use liars and thieves to act as fool’s gold to get you off of your path to Christ. When you don’t ask God about God, you believe anyone shoddy imitation with a charming personality and smooth words. Friends, be vigilant in who/what you give your attention to. If this year has taught us anything is that this world is not what it seems and neither are the people who have chosen it over Christ.

The Source

When your relationship comes directly from the source that is God, all of the cheap imitations, the false teachers, preachers, prophets and the like become more easily identifiable. You begin to spot the real from the fake, and even better, you get the truth from the Truth. It all starts with God. You have to seek Him out. He doesn’t just bust through the door. So, if you truly desire an honest relationship with the Lord, say ‘hey’ and let Him into your life.

Today’s Question

How are you going to let the godless tell you about God?

Ezekiel 4

1 “And now, son of man, take a large clay brick and set it down in front of you. Then draw a map of the city of Jerusalem on it. 2 Show the city under siege. Build a wall around it so no one can escape. Set up the enemy camp, and surround the city with siege ramps and battering rams. 3 Then take an iron griddle and place it between you and the city. Turn toward the city and demonstrate how harsh the siege will be against Jerusalem. This will be a warning to the people of Israel. 4 “Now lie on your left side and place the sins of Israel on yourself. You are to bear their sins for the number of days you lie there on your side. 5 I am requiring you to bear Israel’s sins for 390 days—one day for each year of their sin. 6 After that, turn over and lie on your right side for 40 days—one day for each year of Judah’s sin. 7 “Meanwhile, keep staring at the siege of Jerusalem. Lie there with your arm bared and prophesy her destruction. 8 I will tie you up with ropes so you won’t be able to turn from side to side until the days of your siege have been completed. 9 “Now go and get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and emmer wheat, and mix them together in a storage jar. Use them to make bread for yourself during the 390 days you will be lying on your side. 10 Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times. 11 Then measure out a jar of water for each day, and drink it at set times. 12 Prepare and eat this food as you would barley cakes. While all the people are watching, bake it over a fire using dried human dung as fuel and then eat the bread.” 13 Then the LORD said, “This is how Israel will eat defiled bread in the Gentile lands to which I will banish them!” 14 Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled before. From the time I was a child until now I have never eaten any animal that died of sickness or was killed by other animals. I have never eaten any meat forbidden by the law.” 15 “All right,” the LORD said. “You may bake your bread with cow dung instead of human dung.” 16 Then he told me, “Son of man, I will make food very scarce in Jerusalem. It will be weighed out with great care and eaten fearfully. The water will be rationed out drop by drop, and the people will drink it with dismay. 17 Lacking food and water, people will look at one another in terror, and they will waste away under their punishment.