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Day 211

October 21, 2025 • Aneel Aranha • Season 3 • Episode 211

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Explore God's overwhelming glory in Ezekiel's vision and Jesus as the Word made flesh in John 1, discovering how divine revelation empowers faithful witness and mission.

Day 211 – Glory in a Foreign Land

Ezekiel 1–3
John 1

Have you ever felt like God was somewhere else? Maybe back in an easier season, or in a place you can't get to anymore. Ezekiel knew that feeling. He was a priest with no temple. He'd been carried off to Babylon, and he was sitting by the Kebar River, hundreds of miles from home. Then the heavens opened. He saw a great storm, living creatures, and wheels full of eyes. Above it all sat a throne, glowing like a rainbow in the clouds. Ezekiel calls it the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord, and he falls facedown. God's glory hadn't stayed behind in Jerusalem. It came looking for him. God then hands him a scroll to eat, and it tastes as sweet as honey. John 1 tells the same kind of story. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we have seen his glory. When Nathanael doubts, Philip doesn't argue. He simply says, "Come and see." Together, these passages remind us that God doesn't wait for us to find our way back. He comes to where we are.

One thread ties all of this together. God's glory isn't limited to the places we expect to find it. It comes to people in exile, and in Jesus, it has come to live among us in person.

So where does this leave us today? Here are three ways to look for His glory right where you are.

First, think of the place that feels most like exile to you right now. It might be a hospital ward, a hard job, a tense home, or a country far from where you grew up. Before you walk in today, pause and pray, "Lord, open heaven here."

Second, think of someone who's skeptical about faith. Instead of trying to win an argument, offer an invitation. Ask them along to church, or offer to read John 1 with them over coffee. Like Philip, just say, "Come and see."

Third, remember that Ezekiel ate the scroll before he spoke a word of it. Pick one verse from John 1, maybe verse 5 or verse 14. Read it slowly in the morning, at lunch, and again before bed, until it becomes part of you.

Wherever today takes you, hold onto this. The glory you're looking for has already come looking for you.

Thank you for joining me today. May God give you eyes to see His glory, courage to invite others in, and a growing hunger for His Word. Until tomorrow, look for Him right where you are, because that's exactly where He's looking for you.