Daily D – Ezekiel 3:10-11

by David Bowman | May 26, 2025 | Daily D | 0 comments

Ezekiel 3:10, 11 `Then he added, “Son of man, let all my words sink deep into your own heart first. Listen to them carefully for yourself. Then go to your people in exile and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says!’ Do this whether they listen to you or not.” (NLT)

—

Before we speak to others about God, his will, and his ways, we must listen to him carefully, do what he says, and seek to know and understand his will and ways for ourselves.

God tells Ezekiel, “let all my words sink deep into your own heart first.” Sit and soak in God’s truth. Become saturated with his goodness and wisdom. Align yourself with his mercy and compassion. Embrace his expansive love.

Before we speak to others for God, we need to hear God clearly for ourselves. We need to do what he sends us to do and to say what he sends us to say.

Steep first. Pour later.

Steeping in God’s truth cleanses us. It softens us. It extracts and applies God’s heavenly goodness.

This is a daily responsibility. The fresh wind and fresh fire of God’s greatness must blow and burn through our lives so that God can speak clearly through us to those he sends us to encounter.

I didn’t shower for a couple of days during a holiday weekend. I was not opposed to showering, but events and their timing left me in an uncustomary state of unkempt appearance. I didn’t like it.

Recent events also kept me from reading and pondering the daily Bible reading plan I follow for a couple of days. I didn’t like that, either.

Daily cleansing is necessary for yours truly both physically and spiritually. Sometimes these occasions are like refreshing showers. Other times feel more like saunas. Occasionally, a hot bath is the only thing that removes the aches and pains of aging and overexertion.

I am in steep mode currently. I require more of God before I see any more people. How about you?

—

I will steep in God’s presence day by day so that he may pour out his goodness to others through my acts of service and words of peace and strength.

—

Our Father, refresh me so that you may use me to refresh others. Cleanse me that I may be a useful implement in your hand. Amen.

0 Comments

Submit a Comment Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

CONNECT WITH ME!

Interested in learning more about Church Unique or Life Younique? Send a note through the Get In Touch box or Message me through the Facebook link above.

GET IN TOUCH!

READ MY BLOG!

Daily D – Luke 1:76-79

Luke 1:76-79 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.
(NIV)

Daily D – John 20:24-28

John 20:24-28 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

Daily D – John 18:10-11

John 18:10, 11 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”

Daily D – John 13:3-5

John 13:3-5 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

Daily D – John 11:6

John 11:6 “So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, . . .”