"He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees."
Ezekiel 40:13-16
This chapter describes a vision that Ezekiel had where an angel gives him a tour of a city and specific measurements for a temple in that city, and I was reading along thinking that it was sort of boring because I couldn't really picture it, but I liked the little details about the windows and the palm trees. Then I thought about how often people think that they shouldn't bother God with the minutiae of their lives. The reasoning often is that God's time is valuable, and that we shouldn't pray about losing our keys or other things that seem minor, but figure it out ourselves.
I think these verses show just how much God cares about the details, and there is no reason to withhold anything we want to pray about from God. He always cares, and sometimes those small things are the way that we build our faith for the larger things. :) Plus, he's not time-limited in the same way we are. He has time for all of us. We shouldn't wait around for God to make our decisions for us, and He does counsel us to "not spend money for that which is of no worth, nor [our] labor for that which cannot satisfy," so of course we still need to be aware of our choices, but it's always okay to pray. :)
Today, let's get down to the palm tree level with the Lord. He loves us and wants to be real friends with us, not to be seen as a CEO with no time for the little people. Let's pour out our hearts to him, and get his counsel about everything that matters to us.
He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees."
Ezekiel 40:13-16
This chapter describes a vision that Ezekiel had where an angel gives him a tour of a city and specific measurements for a temple in that city, and I was reading along thinking that it was sort of boring because I couldn't really picture it, but I liked the little details about the windows and the palm trees. Then I thought about how often people think that they shouldn't bother God with the minutiae of their lives. The reasoning often is that God's time is valuable, and that we shouldn't pray about losing our keys or other things that seem minor, but figure it out ourselves.
I think these verses show just how much God cares about the details, and there is no reason to withhold anything we want to pray about from God. He always cares, and sometimes those small things are the way that we build our faith for the larger things. :) Plus, he's not time-limited in the same way we are. He has time for all of us. We shouldn't wait around for God to make our decisions for us, and He does counsel us to "not spend money for that which is of no worth, nor [our] labor for that which cannot satisfy," so of course we still need to be aware of our choices, but it's always okay to pray. :)
Today, let's get down to the palm tree level with the Lord. He loves us and wants to be real friends with us, not to be seen as a CEO with no time for the little people. Let's pour out our hearts to him, and get his counsel about everything that matters to us.
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