“[A]t even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.” God had forewarned Ezekiel that He would remove from him the joy of his life, when he told him, “I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke.” What is one to do when loved ones are taken, health breaks down, children go wrong, and we experience financial set backs? In spite of sounding overly simplistic, we go on. In the bad times as well as the good, life goes on. And, like it or not, we are carried along by the same current as others. We are not any different or better. Christians are not exempt.
Our text teaches us that, after we have buried our losses, we are to do as we are commanded. Our personal griefs are to give way, and submit, to Divine direction. Our disposition at such times makes little difference. If we are living to please God, then life’s hurts will be easier to bear. How many servants of God can testify after a gloomy evening, there was a glorious sunrise awaiting them.
There is a great difference between the world’s “ups and downs” and the Christian’s "downs and ups”. (Psl.139:2,a)
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