the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Our Daily Homily - Volume 3
Ezekiel 45:20—And so shalt thou do for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple.
A very touching provision is here. When the services of the newly constituted temple were in full operation, and the priests were performing the usual rites in all the pomp and splendor of their ceremonial on the behalf of all righteous and godly souls, there was to be special thought of the erring and simple; for these two characters a special offering was made. Perhaps the erring were too hardened and the simple too obtuse to bring an offering for themselves; but they were not forgotten. The blood of the sin-offering was to be placed on the posts of the house and on the posts of the gate of the inner court, each seventh day of the month, on their behalf.
Whenever we draw around the altar of God, whether in the home or church, we should remember the erring and simple. If a family misses from its ranks one erring member, its prayer and thought are more directed towards that one than to those that have not gone astray. Does not the child who is deficient in its intellect attract more loving care than those who are able to care for themselves? Should it be otherwise in God’s home? Was it not for erring Peter that Jesus prayed? Was it not for Thomas that He made another special visit to the upper room? Does not the Great Shepherd gently lead those that are with young? And in so far as we enter into God’s mind, we, too, shall care for the ignorant and those who are out of the way.
There is room for all such in the Father’s House—a warm welcome and ample provision. Like Samuel’s words about David, so God speaks of the most inconspicuous members of his family, "Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come hither."
