I Heard It

 Ezekiel 33-35, Revelations 18 

“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession of them,’ even though the Lord was there, therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will treat you in accordance with the anger and jealousy you showed…You boasted against me and spoke against me, without restraint, and I heard it.”

Ezekiel 35:10, 11, 13

As followers of Jesus, the greatest protection we have is God’s presence in our lives through the Holy Spirit; ‘…the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world’ (1 John 4:4). Even though God used Israel’s neighbors to discipline his people for their sins, he still rebuked the surrounding nations for their anger and jealousy against Israel. God hears the boasting and abuse directed against his people, and he will judge the motives of all hearts. Our greatest privilege is to walk with God in unbroken fellowship enjoying his presence. The Sovereign Lord has his hand on our lives. 

If God is for us, who can be against us? 

“Lord God, I humble myself under your right hand, for your glory.”