ESOCS Devotional 14 June 2025 – And You Will Know I Am The Lord
MEMORY VERSE: “Your people will fall slain among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.” Ezekiel 6:7
TEXT: EZEKIEL 6:1-14
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2 “Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, 3 and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys: “Indeed I, even I, will bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. 4 Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. 5 And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars. 6 In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and made to cease, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. 7 The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
8 “Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries. 9 Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and by their eyes which play the harlot after their idols; they will loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations. 10 And they shall know that I am the Lord; I have not said in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.”
11 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Pound your fists and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. 12 He who is far off shall die by the pestilence, he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine. Thus will I spend My fury upon them. 13 Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when their slain are among their idols all around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree, and under every thick oak, wherever they offered sweet incense to all their idols. 14 So I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah, in all their dwelling places. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’
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Certainly, Jesus would have understood that his friends were anxious and terrified. Certainly, Jesus would have immediately felt eWhile reading the book of Ezekiel, a phrase that occurred 24 times made me curious. It is the phrase: “…they shall know that I am the Lord.” Although Ezekiel’s warnings and prophecies were to the Jews before and after the fall and capture of Jerusalem (around 587 BC), today we can also learn from God’s warnings to those people. What angered God then, if repeated today, will also anger Him now.
Their land became unprofitable and a waste land. In comparing what wayward Israel suffered, I see many similarities in what is happening to Nigeria today. Today our country relies on too many things from other countries. Lack of jobs and failure of the economy also happened to Israel (Ezek. 6:14, 29:9)
- They reaped what they had sown (Ezek. 7:27). When any country, be it Israel or America, turns against God and does not follow His principles and precepts, they cannot expect God’s hand to bless and protect them.
- God scattered them among the nations and dispersed them to other countries (Ezek. 12:15). Today, we also have battles all over the world and have our soldiers dispersed throughout the lands. Some work forces are dispersing their employees to other countries to work.
- Men and women suffered from the sword (Ezek. 26:6).
- God sent pestilences and allowed violence in the streets. (Ezek. 28:23). We have helped countries battle pestilences, and now we are fighting them in our own land. Growing police forces and overpopulated prisons prove violence is increasing today.
- God enabled an enemy to act against them (Ez. 30:25).
- The enemy will infiltrate their own country (Ez. 30:26). A fire was sent to devour them (Ez. 28:18). They lost their freedom. Today, our freedom is legislated away, and we too are slowly being enslaved by the government.
CHALLENGES
- In what ways do you know the Lord and how intimate are you with Him, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
PRAYER POINT
- Lord, help us to adhere to your warnings and live above idolatry, in Jesus mighty name. Amen.
FURTHER READING: Ezekiel 7:1-13 John 11:45-End; 12:1-15
ESOCS Devotional 14 June 2025
