Ezekiel 40:4
And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel."
Truth: God takes where He wants for the purposes for which He has.
In the above passage we are introduced to Ezekiel, once again, being moved from where he was to another location. This time for the purpose of seeing a vision of the New Temple and the exact measurements of the entire outlay. This entire book is a outline of Ezekiel being taken from one place to another. Note early in the book the following:
Ezekiel 3:12
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake: “Blessed be the glory of the Lord from its place!”
Ezekiel was constantly being lifted up by the Spirit. God would take him where He wanted him and something different would happen. In this section we are reading today, notice how it starts out:
Ezekiel 37:1
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.
God moves His servant where He wants His servant. The servant doesn't always know the reason he is being moved from one place or another, but God does. In the above passage God tells him that He took Ezekiel to this new location, "... in order that I might show it to you." The "it" of the verse is the New Temple. God takes us from one place to another to use us and to show us things for His glory. We might not always know why or what He has for us, but, by faith we are to relax and embrace where He takes us. God is about moving us to His place for His glory and His purpose. We might not be comfortable with the moves, but that is not the issue. We are to be faithful in the moves and allow Him to use us as He wishes. He has a purpose for each move He does in our lives.
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