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Today
Ezekiel narrows the scope of his focus even more today. Here he looks at the princes and king of
Tyre. These are the leaders. These are the moral compass. These are the people who set the country on
its course.
What does
God have to say about the princes? They thought
of themselves like a god. Perhaps they thought
they were invincible. Perhaps they
thought they had all the knowledge of the world. Perhaps they thought themselves healthy enough
to live forever. The point is that they
equated themselves to God. They are
proud and they don’t know their place.
Instead of leading with humility, they lead with their ego.
Then we have
a glance at the king. God laments over the
king because he gave him every opportunity.
He says that he set them up in Eden.
In other words, God gave him pleasure, fulfillment, and a comfortable
life. He satisfied his needs. He also calls him a cherub placed on the
mountain of God. In other words, he was
valued and loved in the presence of God.
Yet, he, too, allowed himself to be corrupted and fall to pride. He thought more of himself than he should
have. His pride profaned the promise in
which God had established him.
The lesson
in this chapter is easy. When we are
blessed by God, we need to pay attention to making sure we don’t forget the one
who does the blessing. We can’t lose
focus. We need to remember who it is
that places us, who it is that blesses us, and who it is that loves us. Especially for the blessed, the difficult
part of life is not surviving but remaining humble while doing so.
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