What God Sees

“You have been brought here so I can show you many things.”  (Ezekiel 40:4, NLT)

A lifetime had seemingly gone by.  25 years of exile and 14 years since the fall of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 40:1).  The Temple completely destroyed along with the rest of the city.  Everything simply a ruinous mess with seemingly no hope and no future.  In the midst of this, God brings Ezekiel to a high mountain in the land of Israel to show Ezekiel and the people of Israel what He saw.

For the next several chapters we read about measurements and rooms and gates and courts that would surely put to sleep even the worst insomniac.  And yet, God describes what He sees, a Temple perfectly built and constructed, holy and set apart, clean and undefiled, ready and waiting for God’s glory and presence, ready and waiting to be put into service for His purpose.

Sometimes we look at our lives and all we see is a big mess.  Bad choices and sin have seemingly ruined us beyond all hope of repair and restoration.  Our present and future is destroyed and there is nothing good that we can see.  But what does God see?  He sees a Temple perfectly built and constructed, holy and set apart, clean and undefiled, ready and waiting for His glory and presence to fill it, ready and waiting to be put into the service of His Kingdom.

Yes we may have blown it.  Yes we have sinned.  Yes we have made a complete mess of our lives and it very may be lying in ruins for all around us to see.  But “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9, NKJV).  If we come to our senses and return to Him, He runs to us, embraces us, kisses us, clothes us in righteousness, and makes us His own (Luke 15:11-24).  This is what God sees.  Won’t you let Him show it to you today?

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