Behold

Behold has been a recurring word in Ezekiel.  I know what it means but decided to look it up and think through the definitions: see, observe;  look, watch, survey, witness, gaze upon, regard, contemplate, inspect.  The bottom line is to do all this, our eyes have to be opened, which is a definite spiritual prerequisite.

And speaking of "eyes opened", which in the spiritual realm is what God must do for everyone who believes, I was struck by the beginning of chapter 40 of Ezekiel.  In verse one, "the hand of the LORD was upon me; He brought me".  Verse two, "He brought me and set me...".  Verse three, "He brought me there and Behold..."  God did the doing!  We seek, wait, pray, wait and wait.  He will do His will!

And what did Ezekiel "behold"?  Verse four says an angel of the Lord was in place to give Ezekiel further instructions and the instructions are pretty clear:  "See with your eyes, hear with your ears, and give attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you.  Declare to the house of Israel all that you see."

Our declaration of all that we see, hear, and give attention to is done in many ways.  Our life choices, responses and activities reveal much to a watching world.  May I declare faithfully all that God has brought me to behold about a revealed Christ.