God Will Do What He Says

In Ezekiel 12.25, this morning. God tells his own people that the word that he speaks will be performed. In other words, he is saying that what he has prophesied will come to pass. It will not be good for Judah. The problem was that prophets had prophesied before of the coming destruction and exile of Judah, but nothing had happened. Why should it happen now? Thus the people's reasoning. They turned out to be wrong. God's judgment fell on their generation, as he said it would. This brings to mind Hudson Taylor's words: “There is a living God, he has spoken in the Bible. He means what he says, and will do all that he is promised”. Taylor was speaking in a different context, but the principal applies. God speaks. He will do what he has promised, whether it be for good or for evil.

The question for us that arises from this passage is: "Do we truly believe that what God has spoken will come to pass?" If we do it is going to radically alter our thinking and behavior. Is Christ going to return? If he is, then that shapes our life, actions, and philosophy. We will not live for today. We will not waste our life. We will work, and leave the rest and recreation for heaven (cognizant of the fact that rest and recreation are God-ordained, we just do not enslave ourselves to them).

Lord God, may we believe your word, and with Hudson Taylor believe that you mean what you say, and that you will do all that you have promised.