Year 6, Day 141: Ezekiel 15

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Discipleship Focus: Identity

• Identity: Our true identity comes from the Father.  Only when our identity comes from God can we be obedient in ways that satisfy our person to our core.

This is a very short and sweet chapter.  God compares the Hebrew people at the time of the exile to a vine.  What good is it, except to be burned?  It isn’t straight, so you can’t make a board.  It doesn’t bear weight well, so you can’t use it for furniture or for building.  What use is there for it except for burning?

This really is an issue of identity.  The identity of the Hebrew people during the exile is a useless one.  They don’t worship God.  They aren’t willing to submit.  They aren’t humble.  They won’t even consider that they might be wrong!  They identity is in themselves and their own selfish pursuits.  In that, they find judgment.

We should learn from this chapter.  Our identity needs to be in the Father.  We need to be open to Him, pursuing His will.  When our identity is in Him, we will find satisfaction in His purposes and joy in His work.  We will find an escape from judgment because when our identity is in Him He can become our salvation.

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