#soap # Ezekiel 25 #soap ## Title: Don’t Celebrate Destruction ## Scripture: (Ezekiel 25:6-7) “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced with intense scorn over the land of Israel, take note—I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will hand you over as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you; then you will know that I am the Lord.’”” (NET) ## Observation: I have watched this happen over and over again. I have watched a teacher discipline a student, then turn and discipline all the other students who stood around watching and enjoying “the show.” There is nothing good about enjoying the suffering of others. This does not mean we cannot enjoy the justice of God or be thankful that God ends the evil of evil people. However, we should never enjoy it as some form of joyful entertainment. We need to pray that the Lord will soften our hearts so that, even when evil people get what they have earned, our hearts still ache and wish there could be another way. We must always remember that, if not for the grace of God, that could be us. ## Application: Ask the Lord to soften your heart toward broken people. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for Your grace. If not for Your extravagant mercy, that would be us.