Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32
"Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord GOD. Turn, then, and live."
What a challenge God has set out before us in this passage... "Turn, then, and live." Forget your past wrongdoings. Move past your shortcomings and iniquities. To wallow in the self-pity of our transgressions is not only not living, but it is, in so many ways, a "death." As so often is the case, God reminds us that in spite of our brokenness, God's love for us is abounding. It is this exact love that, amid our brokenness, allows us to "turn, then, live."
Is there a specific "transgression" you have been holding onto recently? How might you work on letting that go during this season of Lent?
God, we are broken. Too often we carry our brokenness with us. We pray that you would open our hearts and create in us a spirit that longs to turn and live.
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