Ezekiel 6:13 KJV
Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
There are parts of this chapter that sound awfully cruel. Verse 5 for example:
Ezekiel 6:5 KJV
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
But the truth is, this is what the Israelis were already doing. They were carrying out bizarre rituals before cruel idols, even sacrificing their own children. God is just giving them what they have been so passionately pursuing already. What is really sad in this chapter is not only the fact that they are getting what they have been practicing, but that they are still clinging to theses idols even as they die.
Verse 13 says, "their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars..." At least in their death you would hope that they would turn back to their God but, no. They will be found among their idols. Sin has a way of deceiving us. It has a way of clouding our minds, hardening our hearts and keeping us from seeing or believing the truth. It causes us to cling to our lies even when the lies have been exposed and all hope is gone.
I watched a TV show recently where shoplifters were being caught. Even when they watched people slip merchandise into their clothing, their handbag, or some other place of concealment, even when they could tell them what they took, how they took it and where they hid it, people would still claim innocence. One lady slipped a pair of sunglasses into her milkshake. When she was confronted she claimed she didn't know what they were talking about. When they looked into her milkshake and revealed the glasses, and told her that they had video of her putting them in there, she claimed that the clerk must have put them in there. She didn't know what they were talking about.
That's what sin does to us. We lie. We pad the truth. We believe our own deceit. We die clinging to truth that is no truth at all. All the while the one who is Truth is simply waiting for us to turn to him.
Father, forgive me for the times I have allowed sin to blind me to the truth. Thank you for your grace in my life. Today I pray that you will open the eyes and the hearts of people around me to your truth.
By His grace,
Rick Weinert
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