Today’s Scripture: Ezekiel 20-23
I will listen to what God the Lord will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints–but let them not return to folly. – Psalm 85:8
Although it has been almost forty years, it seems like only yesterday that I heard Dawson Trotman preach to us about God’s search for a certain kind of person. We were at a conference at Lake Iduhapi in Minnesota.
One of Dawson’s recurring themes was the value of one person who is fully committed to God, and he always challenged us to be that person. Dawson’s text there at Lake Iduhapi, and on many other occasions, was Ezekiel 22:30: “I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land, so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.”
Here is the all-knowing, all-seeing God searching the landscape for a person He could trust to intercede and plead for the people, and He searched in vain. Something of the intensity of His search is revealed in a cross-reference to 2 Chronicles 16:9: “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.”
As a young man, D. L. Moody once heard a preacher say, “The world has yet to see what God can do with a man who is fully yielded to Him.” So Moody resolved in his heart, “By the grace of God, I will be that man.” In spite of all of Moody’s educational and physical limitations, God used him to bring thousands into the kingdom.
God is still looking for that man or woman with a heart to do His will and with a commitment to His work. Will you tell Him today that you’re available?
Prayer
Lord, I’m available to do Your work and Your will. Amen.
To Ponder
Who does God want you to share the gospel with today?
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