While the first part of Ezekiel 14 deals with idolatrous men, the second part mentions three men God knew were righteous. Four times God brings up these men using them as excellent examples of righteousness. What He says though is that even though these three men were present, they would not be able to deliver Israel from the punishment He was about to bring.
The passage is more about the severity of the punishment Israel had brought on themselves but I was struck with the awesomeness of these three men being used as a good example by God Himself. So I gave a bit of thought to their lives: Noah, Daniel and Job! (Of course it goes without saying that Jesus is the ultimate example of godliness. But it's always good to be reminded of the lives of the saints who have gone before us. Hebrews 12:1)
Noah: A man that obeyed God by building a large boat, all the while witnessing to the very people who ridiculed his faithfulness.
Daniel: A prisoner of war so faithful to God that his peers could find no wrong doing in his life so they devised a scheme that took advantage of his daily conversations with God.
Job: A man who was rich with the blessings of life, lost most all of them yet never became embittered toward God but worshipped Him more passionately, "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."
LORD, may I, too, be found faithful!!
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