God is at work.

I'm not really sure why I'm not taking advantage of nap time, but I read this passage out of Ezekiel this morning, and have been thinking about it throughout the day. I'll share it with you, although I don't have a lot more to say about it. I just think it's radical how God specifically equips and supplies His kiddos with everything we need to be used for His purposes. "Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God." (1 Corinthians 9:10-11)


Take encouragement in that. If Jesus has called you to be His workman (which I know He has in some capacity), find excitement in the fact that He will provide. It may be discouraging at the moment because you may not visually see this happening.. Maybe you're praying for God to use you, and you don't know how He is or will.. Maybe you are seeking direction in your life, a specific place to be used, and you don't see opened doors yet. Maybe you're just trying to live life and thing after thing is bringing you down. 


Know this: "He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." (Philippians 1:6)


He is working. 


So here's Ezekiel 2 and 3 for you before I peace out. 

Ezekiel's Call

 He said to me, "Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak to you." As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. He said: "Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their fathers have been in revolt against me to this very day. The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says.' And whether they listen or fail to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them. And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious house. You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious. But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you." (2:1-8)



And he said to me, "Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the house of Israel." So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.
Then he said to me, "Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it." So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.
He then said to me: "Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak my words to them. You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel--not to many peoples of obscure speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. But the house of Israel is not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hardened and obstinate. But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are. I will make your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious house."
And he said to me, "Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you. Go now to your countrymen in exile and speak to them. Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says,' whether they listen or fail to listen."
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound—May the glory of the LORD be praised in his dwelling place!  (3:1-12)