Consider this prophecy from long ago ...
"Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries. Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me"
Ezekiel 6:8-9a (NKJV)
God is the One speaking in this passage, and He wants us to see something important here. He starts with promising that His people will live on... that His people will not be wiped out. And then He tells us that He was "crushed by [our] adulterous heart." The word crushed is translated from the Hebrew word, shabar and it means to be broken or shattered.
Really? God is shattered by our adulterous heart? How is it possible that we, mere created beings, can cause Almighty God to be broken?
Remember, dear sisters and brothers, that the Holy and Righteous Lord of lords loves you and me. And when we give our affection and devotion to another, it breaks His heart. If ever you've been in love with someone who "just wants to be friends," then you know what God is talking about here.
God desires, and deserves, our wholehearted love and devotion. We aren't to serve other gods, regardless of their form. We are to serve and worship and adore only Him.
Yes, we fall short. No, we can't possibly live up to such a desire. And that's why God starts with the promise... That no matter where we wander or where we are taken, He will keep us and draw us back to Him. We will remember Him, because He never forgets us.
Be encouraged, Jose
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