Ezekiel 26 - Praying God's Word

Please read Ezekiel 26.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/eze/26/1/s_828001

Meditate on verses 2-3.

"Son of man, because Tyre has said

 concerning Jerusalem, 'Aha, the gateway

 of the peoples is broken; it has opened to me.

 I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,'”

therefore, thus says the LORD GOD, “Behold, I am

 against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up

many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.”

The people of Tyre, a Mediterranean coastal city on the northern border of Israel, were glad when Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem for a third time. Their trade routes with the East were now open, increasing their wealth (v.2). God was not pleased, and the same besieging Babylonians did to Tyre what they did to Jerusalem. Others would “Aha” at them.

Let the LORD examine your heart, mind, and attitudes. Are you benefiting at the expense of others? Do you take joy, even secretly, at the misfortune of someone else? Guard against such evil thinking, for it can even creep into the life of your church. “My Bible study has more attendees than theirs does. Our church will get more members when they have to close the doors of their little church.” Ask the Holy Spirit to make your thoughts obedient to Him.

We are destroying speculations and every lofty

 thing raised up against the knowledge of God,

and we are taking every thought

 captive to the obedience of Christ.

—2 Corinthians 10:5

Ask the LORD to let you never say the words from Ezekiel 26:2.

“LORD, let me never say about Jerusalem or

 anyone else: ‘Aha, their gateway has broken;

 now it has opened to me.  I shall be filled, now

that they are laid waste.’

LORD, fill me with Your thoughts toward others.

In Your name, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell