My personal time in God's Word at the moment has been spent in the depths of Ezekiel. You also catch me today on a rare day of annual leave, hence some time to cobble my thoughts into written form. [Full disclosure: I don't really have much of a clue as to how Ezekiel works as a book, but my initial reflections are that this is a clear, terrifying and personal piece of writing to an ancient people group in Israel.] This afternoon, I'd love you to walk with me through my mediations on Ezekiel 14:12-20 . And the word of the Lord came to me: "Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly , and I stretch out my hand against it and break its supply of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast, even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job , were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD." Ezekiel 14:12-14 [underscore mine] The passage continues in this same vein, with particula...