Hole In The Wall

HOLE IN THE WALL

Ezekiel 8: Vision of Abominations in Jerusalem

Ezekiel 8: Vision of Abominations in Jerusalem

It came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell on me there.

7 Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

8 He said to me, "Son of man, now dig through the wall." So I dug through the wall, and behold, an entrance.

Intro

Chapter eight of Ezekiel is titled as “Vision of Abominations in Jerusalem”, though prophet Ezekiel was now in Babylon, God gave him visions of Jerusalem.

1) SITTING BEFORE GOD:

Ezekiel 8: 1”It came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell on me there.”

Sitting quietly before God is crucial in our ‘agenda-filled-busy-schedule’ life today, are you listening? People are able to sit for 3 hours and watch a movie without batting their eyelids; however, they are not able to sit before God even for 5 minutes. Sad. We suffer much, we are confused, and filled with angst because we have failed to separate quiet time with our Father. In the above scripture, we see prophet Ezekiel sitting in his house and all the elders of Judah were sitting before him. Elders will sit before you to listen to you, if you are a person who sits before God! Amen. The people of God (Israelites) were now in Babylon, waiting to hear from God; because of their disobedience, the people were taken away to a foreign land and now God did not leave them but He kept prophet Ezekiel in their midst. Clap hands for God! The prophet had learnt to sit in the presence of God and therefore we read that the Hand of the Lord fell on the prophet. God is thrilled when His children sit before Him, I’m excited as I write this…..portion.

Jesus looked adoringly at Mary who sat at His feet (Luke 10:39) and said: ”Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her." (Luke 10:42) Yes, Jesus is our good portion! Make time to sit calmly at His feet! You can choose your car, backyard, garden, corner of your room, terrace…wherever.. but sit in front of Him.

Friends, today you can decide to sleep till 8 am or make a tough decision to wake up at 5 am and pray. Choice is yours, otherwise there would be chaos! Today I was unable to sleep after 2.30 am in the morning, I wriggled and struggled for half hour but 2.55 am I woke up, sat upright and started to pray. We conduct 5 am early morning daily zoom prayer and one particular dear girl was unable to join for several weeks, I was burdened and started praying for our participants. When I started the zoom ‘Booster group prayer’ at 5 am, I had a pleasant surprise – BANG- the girl I was praying was sitting, she had joined after several months. God watches as you sit in His presence!

Dexterity, nimbleness to speak with wisdom, fortitude, durability and resilience comes from sitting before God. Did not Jesus say: “ I am the bread of life?”

When the law had perished from the priests at Jerusalem, whose lips should keep knowledge (ch. 7 :26), those in Babylon had a prophet to consult. Hallelujah!

2) SITTING WITH PAIN: People sitting before prophet Ezekiel were in pain, confusion and were waiting on God for His next move. Waiting is painful!

Personally I had to wait for years to see a single move in my life. I started my ministry in our living room and there were days I would fast and prepare for the prayer meeting three days ahead, but the attendance would be very poor. One day there were 10 people sitting for the meeting, out of which 6 were from my own family. My mom was there on that particular day and she asked, “have you prayed about the situation, what is your next plan?” I said, ‘my next plan IS TO WAIT.’ After few years God gave me a small platform and then slowly opened doors for me, just a small ray and a small glimpse now and then, but surely, all this waiting and pain has humbled me a lot. Through the “waiting period” God has molded my character and still working on me. Today, God looks at each one of you and says, ” I am never too late!” Friends, if you feel you are running out of time, then you are wrong, trust God to work in your life. Once we settle into His beautiful Hands, I assure you, you would never come out. Learn to nuzzle close to Him and stay silent rather than kick and scream.