Borrowed Breath
Borrowed Sight
I Sing the mighty power of God…
Mountains rise by his power
All of the people who borrow breath from the Lord has been my meditation, but the borrowed other portions of life have illuded my meditation in that hymn until this morning when it sounded like the Apelridge group sounded like they said sight instead of breath.
We do borrow sight from you Lord.
Breath seems so essential and it most certainly is but sight and the other senses are also borrowed from God.
Ezekiel reading today was God taking him into the secretest of places. A hole in a tree and a door behind that, that he had to use effort to open to see the reasons for the very drastic measures it seemed that God had taken and was about to take against his beloved children of Israel. He loves them and it looked like a very public rebuffing of their relationship. Look at the walls, Ezekiel. God told him. God never does anything without clearly relating his reasons to his people. God does not cast off his dearest forever, but he does take very strict measures to reprove and correct the errors.
This was Ezekiels discovery and he had to find the words to express God’s intention to correct very drastically, but also to reconcile. Amazing grace of God for his covenants that he takes very seriously. He sees that which is above the lines of vision and that which is behind closed doors and inside a tree, under the ground and deep in a cave. My heart and mind carry crevices of despicable thoughts and intentions and Jesus paid the price for my sins, but my behaviors will be reproved and God is always reconcilable, in our souls dirtiest state. He is reaching for us to clean us up! Hallelujah, what a Savior.
