A Devotional Thought From Ezekiel

But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.     Ezekiel 46:9

This verse refers to the worship of God’s people in the rebuilt Temple. One application here is that the symbolism of going into the Temple by one gate and leaving by another is a picture of true worship in the sense that God expects us to go in a new direction when we are in a right relationship with Him. Worship should change us. For the Christian our theme for worship should be, in the words of James Rowe’s old hymn, “I Would Be Like Jesus.” Regular, faith filled, biblical worship will make us more and more like Him. Week by week, worship by worship, personal or corporate. Metanoia is the Greek word for repentance in the New Testament. It means turn around, change direction, go God’s way. It’s a word for unsaved and saved alike.