“There are several reasons why sometimes we seek the Lord and ask Him to respond to a question or need, but don’t seem to get any response. Sometimes it is simply God’s timing. Other times it can feel like a test for us to exercise our patients. However, Ezekiel chapter 20 shares with us a time when the elders of Israel come to Ezekiel to inquire of the Lord. God comes to Ezekiel and says he will not respond to their inquiries. The reason? Because they have rejected God’s ordinances and in...

This weeks message, “Sitting Idol”, jumps into the real issues of idols and idolatry. The Lord says this to Ezekiel of some elders of Israel in chapter 14:3 of Ezekiel. “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and have put in front of their faces the stumbling block of their wrongdoing. Here is a group of wise leaders who the Lord says have idols right in front of their faces, and don’t even see that it is idolatry. It is because they have created the idols themselves in...

The Old Testament book of First Samuel has, in my opinion, one of the most powerful stories of a struggle under mockery, that would drive anyone away into a horrible state. However, the story of Hannah shows us how that same struggle can, and should drive us to the Lord God, both to let our request be made known, but also to give up of ourselves all the victory and blessing that God would give, back to Him. Little did Hannah know that in the big picture of things, God was looking for a person...