About this episode

The episode explores the overwhelming nature of God's glory and power through the story of Ezekiel and the appropriate human response of reverence and awe.

A brave little dog who faced down strangers and cornering praying mantises without flinching — brought to trembling terror by the sound of thunder. Sophia Bricker uses that tender image as a doorway into one of Scripture's most overwhelming encounters: the prophet Ezekiel falling facedown before the radiant, jewel-bright, fire-filled glory of God. It is a response that makes complete sense. God's power and holiness are not safe, manageable, or containable — and a heart that truly grasps even a glimpse of His majesty should be undone. But the story doesn't end with Ezekiel on the ground. The same God whose glory flattened the prophet reached down, sent His Spirit, and set Ezekiel on his own two feet — then gave him a mission. That pattern repeats throughout Scripture: the same Lord who causes us to fall in reverence is the same Lord who lifts us back up. As C.S. Lewis' Mr. Beaver so memorably put it about Aslan — "Who said anything about safe? Course he isn't safe. But he's good." God is a consuming fire and a tender Father. He is the Sovereign of the universe whose scarred hands reach out to comfort those who tremble before Him. Both things are gloriously…

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Host: Your Daily Prayer

Topics covered

• God's glory
• Ezekiel
• reverence
• awe
• spirituality
• faith

Keywords

• God's power
• Ezekiel
• reverence
• awe
• spirituality
• C.S. Lewis
• Aslan

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Books & works: Aslan

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