God is in Charge of Who is in Charge

 Scripture:

“I will cause your hordes to fall by the swords of mighty men— the most ruthless of all nations. They will shatter the pride of Egypt, and all her hordes will be overthrown.” ‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭32:12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Observation:

In this part of Ezekiel, God was speaking through the prophet about the destruction He was going to send to all the nations that did not follow Him. He says that He will cause Egypt’s army “to fall by the swords of mighty men - the most ruthless of all nations. They will shatter the pride of Egypt.” God sends a word to Egypt that they are going to be destroyed by a ruthless nation, and it was His doing.

Application:

I recently watched a video series called, “Thriving in Babylon.” It is based on the story of Daniel thriving in Babylon, even when it was a very ungodly culture.  In this series, the speaker said, “God is in charge of who is in charge.” God can use whoever He wants to bring about His purposes and will sometimes use a ruthless, pagan nation to do His work. God uses the ungodly sometimes to accomplish His will, but He is still in charge. We must learn to submit ourselves to Him and serve Him with all our heart. We also need to learn to trust Him completely because He can overthrow any government or people group.  He is all-powerful!

Prayer:

Lord God Almighty, You are incredible and I love You more every day. Help me to realize that You are in charge of who is in charge. Teach me to trust Your workings in the earth. Right now the world has been in a pretty cray season. Help me to know confidently that You are in charge of who is in charge. Have Your way in the nations, but protect Your people. Let us turn to You more and more each day and be cleansed from our unrighteousness.

Yours,

Jeff