The Life Stream

Day 224

Reading: Ezekiel 45:1 - Ezekiel 48:35

Ezekiel was a unique person. He was a priest who was called to be a prophet. He represents the new kind of child of God who would walk in dimensions that were not only priestly but prophetic. The Book of Ezekiel is not only a present-day book, however, it also is a futuristic book. The Book of Ezekiel has insight into the end times. Here was a priest who saw the temple of God in the future. Out of this temple flowed a river that would affect every life.

The first thing about the river of God that flows out of the temple is that it influences the environment. The River of God in us is to flow outwards and affect our environment. The River of God flows out of the temple that we are and affects everywhere it flows. My prayer is that God's river in our lives will flow and affect the culture of the day.

Secondly, the River of God has different dimensions with it. You begin by walking in the water that reaches ankle deep. The height of the River moves to the knee, the waist before it reaches a place where it carries you as it overflows over your life. You see the Spirit of God desires to lead you. That's why the river first reaches your ankles to cover your feet. From there as you keep flowing with the current of God's river and you soon will realise that your knees are covered by the waters of the river. Your knees symbolise your prayer life. As you mature as a child of God your prayer life moves from inward to outward. When the water reaches the waist the River of God is tied to your life. When the river of God is what you are tied to then your influence grows. Finally, the river overflows and carries us to the place where our influence is greatest and only God can make it happen. God's desire is that His children become like Joseph who moved from the pit to the palace where God's agenda would be realised. 

The river of God in your life will cause you to bear fruit and come to the place of healing. God desires that out of our lives flows healing. The leaves of the trees that are impacted by the river give healing. God desires that His children be branches that carry the leaves of healing to the world. God desires that we bear fruit. 

As the Book of Ezekiel comes to a close my prayer is that you will rise to the place where you see God like never before. Ezekiel in captivity saw Heaven. What are you seeing even when nothing seems to be working? Let every dry bone in your life come alive as you allow the river of God to overflow in your life leading to bear fruit and bring healing to the nations.

Memory Verse: Ezekiel 47:12

Decree:

Ezekiel 47:9

And it shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes. (italics mine)