Devotion in Ezekeil

Ezekiel 36:22-32
22 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.
23 I WILL show THE HOLINESS OF MY GREAT NAME, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I AM the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I SHOW myself holy through you before their eyes.

24 " 'For I WILL take you out of the nations; I WILL gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.
25 I WILL sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I WILL cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
26 I WILL give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I WILL remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
27 And I WILL put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
28 You will live in the land I gave your forefathers; you will be my people, and I WILL be your God.
29 I WILL save you from all your uncleanness. I WILL call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine upon you.
30 I WILL increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine.
31 Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices.
32 I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Sovereign LORD. Be ashamed and disgraced for your conduct, O house of Israel!

As you read the verses, one can see the promise of the new covenant, from Ezekiel, that is going to be fulfilled in the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ into the world. Ask yourself the following questions as you read and then absorb these truths into your theology.
1. Who is going to be doing this thing?
2. Who will this be for primarily?
3. Why is it that God will do it this way?
4. What is God going to do?
5. If this is a picture of regeneration and I believe it is then how much is God doing?
6. Can you count all the "I WILL'S" and then follow up with the question I will what?
7. Again, how much of this is God doing?
8. How much are you doing?
9. Again for clarity, why is God going to do it this particular way?
10. Can God do this however He chooses to do it?
11. Can God do this with whomever He decides to do it?
12. Isn't that part of the definition of what it means for God to be sovereign?

Brothers and sisters in Christ, this describes what happens when you were born again by the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit!