How He loves

Ezekiel 9-12

Maybe it's just me, but reading the Word of the Lord towards the Israelites is full of seeing God's sorrow. His jealousy. He is angry at His people, but under His justice and anger, I sense His sadness that His people could be so unfaithful. I sense His jealousy that they would trust others before Him. He mentions His own power repeatedly as if to drive it into their heads that He is more powerful than their idols. Are you listening? "I will speak the word that I will speak, and it will be performed" (3:25). He is God. We can't stop Him. We can't control Him.

It's both scary and reassuring. Depends on whose side you're on. I'm on the Lord's side. I know He wills great things for me and that those things will happen.

He is jealous for me. He loves like a hurricane, and I'm like a tree bending beneath the weight of His winds and mercies. All of the sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by Glory. I realize just how beautiful You are and how great Your affections are for me!

How He loves us, oh!!!