Ezekiel 16:1-22
This gripping chapter describes the odious conduct of Jerusalem towards the LORD to whom she owes everything. The sordid origin, the total nakedness of the baby girl, scorned and abandoned in the fields at birth (as is still the practice of certain pagan nations), bring out all the compassion of the One who, having found her in this wretched state, wanted to save her life; He then honoured her with His covenant, sparing no effort to make her happy. This divine care in its turn brings out the abominable acts of ingratitude on the part of the one who has given herself up to the worst idolatry; she has made use of the precious gifts of her Benefactor to gratify her worst passions.
This distressing story is really that of every human being. God found His creature in the most dreadful state of helplessness and of moral degradation (cf. Luke 10:30-35). He has done everything to lift him out of it and to give him new life. How has man responded to such grace?
Dear friends, this is a very serious matter; our own conduct is just as unspeakable whenever we misuse for our own pleasure that which belongs to the Lord and should be used for His glory, whether it be our possessions or our bodies (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).