“16I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.” – Ezekiel 34:16 (ESV)
I am to be seeking for God. I am to earnestly be searching to find Him and devote myself to Him. As you can see in the verse above, God is earnestly searching to find me. Even when I have strayed from His immediate sight, He is looking to find and care for me. He is the great shepherd and we are His sheep, and He cares deeply for each one of us.
“12As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.” – Ezekiel 34:12 (ESV)
God is the great shepherd. He seeks us out and as noted in verse 16, to bring us back to safety and will fully care for us in our time of recovery from the difficult path we were on or situation we were in. God is that to protect us when weak and build us back up.
I have to take solace in the care and love of God as I wander around in this world. I have to know that where ever I may stray, God is seeking to find me and make sure that I am safe and secure. He makes sure that I have what I need and that my provisions are met. I have to continue doing his work and He will continue to provide.
When you are in the world, what are your thoughts about being cared for? Are you able to know and understand that God is seeking you out for your protection? What if you were to trust that He will be there when things are bleak to pick you up and carry you to safety, nurse you back to health, and offer you the ability to continue doing His work with the comfort of knowing that He will always seek you out?
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