OUR FATHER WHO RESTORES US BACK TO LIFE

Ezekiel chapter 16 verse 9 ( x 15 verse 9 ) says this;

“‘I bathed you with water and washed the blood from you and put ointments on you.

This verse in Ezekiel is a detail of the revelation of what condition the Lord found His people.

Before the Lord found them, the people were in a forsaken and abandoned state. They were injured and naked as they struggled in their own blood unable to restore themselves.

The Lord saw them and was compassionate towards them and declared that they should live and then they were able to grow.

The Lord, in accepting the people as His, then washed them with water, rinsed their blood off them and anointed them with oil to heal them.

This is reminiscent of the story of the good Samaritan that Jesus our Lord told.

There was a man who was accosted by robbers and he was beaten and left naked and half dead on the side of the road. The good Samaritan, passing by, saw the injured man and took pity on him. The Samaritan stopped to help and cleaned and bandaged his wounds and anointed them with oil and wine. He then made provision for the injured man to have shelter and a place to recover.

The Lord, in redeeming us, is like the good Samaritan. He finds us in a lost and damaged state and He cares for us by cleansing us and annointing and binding our wounds to heal us and restore us back to life.

Bless the Lord who saved us. With his own resources He provided for us. 

Amen.