Praying with Ezekiel

In Ezekiel’s prayer relationship with God he came to know an angry God - a God who had lessons for the Jews who were living in Babylon. Lessons illustrated by cooking bread over human dung; by lying on his side for 390 days; by crying out to those passing by…

Why couldn’t he have been left in Jerusalem like Jeremiah? Why couldn’t he and his wife be living in luxury inside the palace walls there in Babylon along with Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?

At the very least, why couldn't he be spending what precious little time he had left with his young wife before she died, in their own home there south of Babylon rather than living outside the walls along the river bank?

He knew the answer. He was a vessel. As their old prophet Jeremiah had preached back in Jerusalem, the clay doesn’t dictate to the potter what kind of vessel it is to be.

Now, if God came to you surrounded by something more fantastic than any UFO I’ve ever heard described – you wouldn’t argue about your lot in life either. Ezekiel chapter 1

Ezekiel’s course was set and his ‘strength would be as his days.’

Prayer kept Ezekiel reconciled with God. 'Reconciled with God doesn't just mean that your sins are forgiven...it means that you are fully aligned with Him! You are in agreement with Him! You are completely in-sync with Him!!

If we are still trying to twist God's arm about something we want to do, or something we want done our way, are we fully reconciled?

If we are reconciled with God we will be reconciled with our lot in life.

We will know the blessing that Moses gave to the Children of Israel right before his death…”and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.” (Deuteronomy 33:25)