August 28th, 25: Finding Jesus Among His People: Reflections from Ezekiel and Revelation

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TODAY'S EPISODE:

Welcome to the Daily Radio Bible! In today’s episode, host Hunter invites us to join him for the 241st day of our journey through the Bible, focusing on Ezekiel chapters 1-3 and Revelation chapter 2. Hunter reminds us that this podcast is about more than just reading Scripture—it's about letting the Scriptures read us, transforming our hearts and lives.

We’ll hear about Ezekiel’s awe-inspiring vision on the banks of the Kebar River, where God’s glory is revealed in vivid, dramatic detail, and Ezekiel receives his challenging commission as a prophet to a stubborn and rebellious people. Then, we’ll turn to the book of Revelation, where letters to the early churches call us to examine our love, endurance, and faith—offering both encouragement and loving correction.

Hunter reflects on where we can find Jesus today—right in the midst of His people, even when life feels messy or complicated. Together, we’ll listen for what the Spirit is saying to the churches, and take time for prayer and reflection, asking God to make us vessels of peace, agents of love, and bold hearers of His Word.

So grab your Bible, settle in, and let’s discover how God’s living Word meets us right where we are today.

TODAY'S DEVOTION:

Where do we find Jesus? John gives us a clear answer in Revelation: He is standing and walking among the seven golden lampstands, which represent the seven churches. That means Jesus is right in the midst of His people. Not in the walls of a building, not in some far-off, unreachable place, but right here—gathered among those who are following Him, even when that gathering is messy and complicated.

Seven, in the Bible, is the number of wholeness and completion. So when John says Jesus is among the seven lampstands, we see that He is present with all His people, not just a special few. And the message is clear: even when our lives and communities are far from perfect, even when things don’t make sense and we feel surrounded by confusion or failure—Jesus is there. He has not abandoned us. He walks with us.

John urges us to have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. That means listening—not just hearing, but actually tuning our hearts to what God wants to say to us. As we gather around God’s Word, even in our everyday ordinary lives, we can find Christ present and active, offering us His loving corrections, warnings, and encouragements.

We don’t need to look far or work ourselves into some spiritual frenzy to find Him. He’s exactly where you’d expect: right here, among His people, meeting us in our reality, offering comfort, strength, protection, and joy. As we open His Word and gather with others, He is here—right here—transforming and renewing us, not just reading the Scriptures, but letting the Scriptures read through us.

That’s the posture we are invited to take today: listening, gathering, looking for Jesus in the midst of real, imperfect community and life. May we have ears to hear and hearts prepared to meet Him as He stands among us.

That’s a prayer I have for my own soul. That’s a prayer I have for my family, for my wife and my daughters and my son. And that’s a prayer I have for you. May it be so.

TODAY'S PRAYERS:

Loving God, you have knit us together in the body of Christ from every nation and tongue. Make us a vessel of your peace today. Make us a vessel of your peace today. Where hatred stirs, let us bear your love.

Where wounds run deep, let us be agents of pardon. Where fear grips hearts, may we speak faith. Where sorrow hangs heavy, may we carry joy. Teach us to listen more than we speak. To understand before we are understood. To love. For in surrender, we find abundance. In mercy, we discover grace.

And in dying, we rise into your life. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

And now, as our Lord has taught us, we are bold to pray.

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

 

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