A few weeks ago I posted "Divinely Determined Details". Well, I have a bit more to say about Divine Details from a slightly different angle. The first post talks about God's orchestrating details and the magnitude of that divine ability. This one, however, focuses more on the importance of details to God.
As I head toward the finish of Ezekiel, I thought I hit a wall. Chapter forty deals with the details of the future temple and its construction. An architect or a builder may be very interested in all the measurements and layouts noted but I thought, "what can I get out of this?" As has been my practice on this major prophet road, I'll read, be glazed over, pray and then be blown away at what a second or third reading reveals. The Holy Spirit has guided and grown me much in this time of study, and I am passionately grateful for His patience with my whinings and mental blocks! ("Blockhead" is more like it!) But today, I really thought He'd be challenged with me. NOT! So here's my first of a few postings from chapter forty: I've read the chapter at least five times over the course of about four days. Today it hit me, rather He opened my eyes to the intricate, precise and meticulous process that goes into the construction of the temple. I've studied the temple many times and had many wonderful realizations of the comparison to Christ. But what I got today was that we as believers MUST be about the glory of God. And the details of our lives are very important to God! First Corinthians 3:16 tells us that we are the temple of God and the Holy Spirit lives in us (which is why I got anything out of this passage!) Our details matter to Him and they better matter to us. Let us grow to new heights with this understanding that every association, act, appearance, etc. reveal a life sold out to excellence for the glory of the Triune God!
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