September 9 "The Hand of God" Ezekiel 40, 41

Ezekiel 40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me to the city." There is no mistake of the exact moment when he knew that God brought Him to that place. And our God has brought us to the place we sit this day. Dare we trust Him for more as we lift up open broken hands to His.

This vision goes until the end of the book.  It's so hard to understand but we trust when we get to those rough patches, don't we?  Matthew Henry put it this way:  "Humbly search concerning it, get as far as we can into it and as much as we can out of it, and, when we despair of satisfaction in every difficulty we meet with, bless God that our salvation does not depend upon it, but that things necessary are plain enough, and wait till God shall reveal even this unto us."

COME BOLDLY:  Timeless Prayers
Father, may we be bold and courageous like Ezekiel, while humble and repentant.  May Your Good Hand be on all of our lives, no matter what.

PHOTO:  Walking Galveston beach. Pondering how God's Hand is on our lives. Such mystery.