Ezekiel 46-47

(March 11, 2015)

                There are some, both within and without the Church, that seem to think that the Church ‘interferes’ with its membership far too often.  You can recognize this perspective when its adherents say things such as “why would an omnipotent God care about things like that?”

                But look at the detail presented here.  Clearly God is one for whom the details matter immensely – perhaps because the details are one way in which His omnipotence is manifested.  It is through the details – managed or left to the devices of His servants according to principles revealed, yet still controlled with particularity when necessary – that the Lord is able to bring about perfection in His perfect plan.

                Sometimes this means this word and no other in a passage of scripture.  Sometimes it means this person and no other in a position of leadership.  Sometimes it means forty cubits long and thirty broad.  But when God gives us detailed instructions, either Himself or through His servants (such as Ezekiel or our modern leaders), who are we to chafe at this?