Know that I am the Lord

Know that I am God

Ezekiel is a wild book of the Bible.  In the beginning, God gives the prophet Ezekiel some wild visions that are hard to understand.  Then, he concludes with an extensive and detailed vision of a temple.  In the middle are loads of prophecies about destruction and some restoration.  The book is graphic and detailed, yet it leads many to speculate about its meaning.

The same line repeats in nearly every chapter between chapters 5-39: "Know that I am the Lord."  When God brutally destroys by strengthening the hand of foreign empires and then judges those pagan empires, he says, "Then they will know that I am the Lord."  He says the same when he promises restoration and peace to both Israel and foreign nations: they will know that I am the Lord.

In John 10, Jesus uses the illustration of being one Great Shepherd over one flock (v16).  They are his sheep because they hear his voice and come.  This is the language of believing that he and the Father are one (v22-42), or from Ezekiel's language, knowing that I (Jesus) am the Lord.

God intends to be known through his work in your life.  What has he done in your life to draw you to faith in Him?  How does his intention to be known change your response to your circumstances?

For your faith in Him,

Loren