Nest

"And all the trees of the field shall know that I am Jehovah God," Ezekiel 17:24.

And what event drew the trees to recognize God? Well, here's what God did. He broke off a tiny sprig, a cedar tip from the top of the tree - you know, that springtime, tender, new growth at the end of a branch? - and he planted it way up high on a mountain. That shoot grew into a large, fruitful tree with all sorts of birds nesting in its branches. That's the event that caused the trees to know who God is. God himself observes that he has power to take down lofty trees or to grow shoots into majestic trunks; he can wither green trees or sprout new from shriveled stems. Therefore. God can raise the dead from the dust of the earth. And he can take down the mighty. And he did. The Sadducees are gone. The Roman Empire is a dusty memory. Jesus, covenant maker, a shoot from the stump of Jesse, lives forevermore.

With a brother or sister today, we recognize God as the one and only God, the God who raised Jesus from the dead, our atoning sacrifice. And, together, we give thanks to nest in his branches.