marshrootka musings...

Yesterday I finished reading the book of Ezekiel and I just kept coming back to this one section. Several times throughout the book God tells Ezekiel to tell the people that He is going to do something for His Name’s sake, and in chapter 36 He expands on that and it says:

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, this is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. I will show the holiness of my great name which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Sovereign Lord, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.”

Oh how I can relate to Israel. How many times have I not been Christ to the people around me? How many times have I been led by selfishness and not by love? And how inaccurate has my perception of salvation been?

“It is not for your sake, O Israel that I am going to do these things…”

“it is not for your sake, O Lori…”

“for the sake of my holy name…I will show the holiness of my great name…”

God will do what he purposes to do—show the glory of His Name.

The amazing thing is, he has chosen to do it through his people—even when we’ve profaned his name time and time again.

“Then the nations will know that I am the Sovereign Lord, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.”

I am overwhelmed by this statement; especially in the context of the book of Ezekiel. God’s people had turned away from him as we all so often do. And still redemption is his heart SO THAT his glory may be seen and known.

Thank you, Daddy, for saving me; help me, everyday, to better understand what that means; to love as you love—for your name’s sake.