Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
August 28, 2022: SOAP #4651: Ezekiel 1-3; Revelation 2

SCRIPTURE:  Ezekiel (NIV) 1:1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2 On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—3 the word of the LORD came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. THERE the hand of the LORD was upon him….
Ezekiel (NIV) 3:15 I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Abib near the Kebar River. And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days—overwhelmed.  16 At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me (THERE):…    Ezekiel (NIV) 3:22 The hand of the LORD was upon me THERE, and he said to me, “Get up and go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you.” 23 So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the LORD was standing THERE, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell face down.

OBSERVATION:  Ezekiel had been taken captive and moved to Babylon.  I am sure he missed home, but Ezekiel did not let his circumstances become so great in his thinking that he could not hear God!   And there in the land of Babylon, Ezekiel heard God speaking to him!   Yes, the same God in the temple in Jerusalem knew where His prophet was and how to get ahold of him!  

APPLICATION:  God knew where Ezekiel was and how to get his attention.  God had no trouble finding Ezekiel and giving him instructions as to what he should be doing. 

And God has no trouble finding Leon and speaking into his heart.  Every evening we have time together.  Usually, it is at my desk in my office.  But if we are traveling, God has no trouble speaking to me in Indiana, Ohio, or Pennsylvania.  In my home, at church, driving a school bus, God knows where I am and how to get my attention.  He knows all my “there’s”!!!

PRAYER:  Heavenly Father, what a special privilege is mine to be your servant.  May I be quick to respond when you call.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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