New things

 

Ezekiel 10:19

And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh

 

Thought for the day – New beginnings

In our last episode, we talked about things coming to an end. I talked about Ichabod and how it meant the glory had departed, or no glory. And yet in our verse today, God is promising that actually there will be new things happening. How as the old things come to an end, new things begin. The promise is that God will give them a new heart. That he would give them a new spirit. That he would remove the heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. The idea here is that rather than the rigid structures of religiosity ,God would give them a living, beating,  heart built on the relationship with Him.

 

And so after our conversation about God's glory departing his church and the death of the structures around us, I think this verse gives us hope. Because God has not abandoned us. God will do a new thing. It may not be something we recognize, and it's probably not going to be something we agree with, but God will do a new thing.

 

It will be a thing that brings life. It will be a living, breathing thing. It will be something that will blow people's minds. And personally, I can't wait. I long to see the Kingdom of God come every day, as do all the people I know who want God's reign to come. We want to see the unjust structures of this world torn down. We want to see the persecuted set free. We want to see Jesus reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. A living, breathing relationship that we have with our Lord and Saviour. That's what we want. That's what we yearn for. And that is what God has promised in our verse today.