Morning meditation

Today, I am meditating on the One Year Bible reading (Ez. 44-45; 1 Pet. 1; Ps. 119:17-32).
In Ezekiel, I see God calling his people to recognize his holiness and respond appropriately. The east gate of the temple must remain shut because God had entered though it.(44:2) And there are various regulations dealing with temple worship "to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and... how to distinguish between the clean and the unclean" (44:23)

In 1 Peter 1, I see a sparkling diamond with light reflecting from each facet and bouncing on to the next one. God's elect are strangers- foreigners in the lands to which they have been scattered. But they are God's chosen jewels there, blessed with new birth, living hope, and an unfading inheritance. They are shielded by God's power until the coming deliverance. Their trials are proving grounds for their genuine faith in Jesus Christ, whom they love and trust, and this fills them with inexpressible joy, full of glory. This follows the pattern Christ set of suffering followed by glory.O

Psalm 119, of course, is a paean to God's word.
As God allows us life, we are to live it in obedience to his word.
Only God can open our eyes to the the wonders of his word.
As foreigners, we need special help and instructions from his word just to survive.
And so on.