I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Ezekiel 20-21.

Two days ago I wrote about how great spiritual revivals in the United States preceded great changes in this country, about how God’s Spirit swept through it to bring about positive social change.  That passage caused me to focus on how God’s Spirit had built this country up into a nation of power and wealth.  Today’s passage reminds me that time and again throughout its history the people of the United States have worshiped power and wealth instead of God.  Ezekiel recounted to the leaders of the Exiles who came to him for a message from God how the Israelites time and again turned to idol worship, and how even these leaders coming to him for a message from God had done so.  Yet, for all of that, God told Ezekiel that someday the people of Israel would give up their idolatry and worship God.  I believe that the same thing is true of the people of the United States.  The day will come when we will truly be ashamed of the idolatry we have committed as a nation and will bring honor to God’s name.  Everything that has gone right in this nation happened after we as a people turned our hearts to God and listened to His word.  If we turn our hearts to Him once more He will bring a great blessing out of these turbulent times.