The Greatness of GOD and His love for mankind

23 Thus will I demonstrate My greatness and My holiness, and I will be recognized, understood, and known in the eyes of many nations; yes, they shall know that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service].

^{- Ezekiel 38}

25 “So now, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will end the captivity of my people[b]; I will have mercy on all Israel, for I jealously guard my holy reputation! 26 They will accept responsibility for[c] their past shame and unfaithfulness after they come home to live in peace in their own land, with no one to bother them. 27 When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, I will display my holiness among them for all the nations to see. 28 Then my people will know that I am theLord their God, because I sent them away to exile and brought them home again. I will leave none of my people behind.29 And I will never again turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people of Israel. I, the SovereignLord, have spoken!”

- Ezekiel 39

Message/Observation/Promise:

The LORD wants to demonstrate, show and reveal His power to mankind because He is GOD and He wants to be worshipped and be known for who He really is. He is the one and only true GOD of all creation, HE is the uncreated being because HE is the creator. He wants to known by men, to be understood by the finite minds of men that He is the GOD who is looking for people who can be loyal and obedient to Him. The LORD wants to show His power by ending our captivity by anything that has enslaved us, be it work, money or anything that has taken most of our time and effort. We are captives of these things and these things have become our god. He wants to save us from our captors by setting us free from anything that entangles us. He wants to bring us home where we truly belong, and home is the state of contentment and joy in love with Him. But in order for us to find our way home, we need to seek the way first, we have to find the truth, and that is in Yeshua - the way the truth and the life.

Command/Application:

GOD is looking for those who are loyal or faithful to Him. So GOD's would want us to be in devotion to Him. To be devoted to someone we need to spend time and exert effort to be with that someone, to know that someone, and become in love with the someone for us to be devoted to that someone. GOD is looking for those who will do what HE says, those who obey Him and His word. We can be devoted to something but without doing anything that will truly show our devotion when there are no actions nor results. We cannot love GOD with our words but only with our hearts.

Dearly Devoted

“I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.
4 “As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations, 5 then I will establish the throne of your dynasty over Israel forever. For I made this promise to your father, David: ‘One of your descendants will always sit on the throne of Israel.’

- 1 Kings 9


The temple of GOD is dear to the heart of GOD. What is GOD's temple? Is it man made structure or buildings that we call church or synagogue where we gather as a people to worship GOD? 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. GOD has set our bodies to be holy for it is a temple where He resides. When we offer to GOD our bodies to be His temple, GOD is more pleased than you are about offering this gift to Him. He will not only set you apart as different from the rest of the world, but He will make you holy and your body a place where He will be honored because He watches over you, you are dear to His heart.

Whatever we ask of GOD, HE is more than willing to answer our prayers offered in faith. We only have to do our part by following HIM with wholeness of heart and devotion. Wholeness of heart means that we obey fully, without grumbling or complaining whatever GOD wants us to do. Our faith is tested when we are in a crossroads of obeying GOD and looking like a fool sometimes or doing nothing, risking nothing. We not only need to obey all His commands and the laws HE has written on His word for us to follow, GOD wants our hearts. Our devotion to GOD is important to HIM because HE wants our hearts. He will never fail to keep His promise to us when we are devoted to GOD. We are dear to GOD, is GOD dear to us??? Let us strive to keep Him first place in our lives.