Ezekiel and Martha compared!
We are all made in the image of our Creator.
THEY SOUGHT GOD EAGERLY, AND HE WAS FOUND BY THEM ... FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD RANGE THROUGH OUT THE EARTH TO STRENGTHEN THOSE WHO ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO HIM ... (2 Chronicles 15:15 & 16:9)
Now pause, consider these Biblical and non-Biblical spiritual champions:
- Abraham heard God in the desert. Moses met God on a mountain. Elijah heard God at a brook.
- Hudson Taylor heard God on a Norfolk beach. John Newton heard God from a shipwreck at Buncrana. A.B. Simpson heard God in a Canadian pine forest.
- Noah, Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Job, David, Isaiah, John the Baptist, John the Apostle, Paul and so many more just listened.
So, why are they notable? All these 'luminaries' became still with God first, and then they could hear from Him.
But sadly Martha didn't stop for her Lord when He dropped in, instead she ran straight to the kitchen. She was aptly rebuked.
God continues to seek mankind. Ezekiel, as an example, was coached by God - listen to what I say, take in My words, and feed on My words.
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD. (Psalm 46:10)
Nothing has changed within either man or God. No surprise then that we desire to be known, but so much more does God.