Ezekiel closes his book with a quiet but thunderous promise. After all the visions, the judgments, the rebuilding, and the hope restored, the final words are simple: “The name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.”

Not the LORD was there.

Not the LORD might be there.

But the LORD is there.

That name—Jehovah Shammah reminds us that God’s greatest gift is not a place, a plan, or a provision. It is His presence. The promise isn’t that life will be easy, but that you will never walk it alone.

Some days you feel strong and steady. Other days you feel scattered, tired, or unsure. Yet even in those places, God has already staked His claim. Before you arrived at the valley, He was there. Before the tears fell, He was there. Before the questions piled up, He was there.

Whatever city you’re walking through today: joy or grief, certainty or confusion, remember its true name: The LORD is there.

And if He is there, you are never abandoned, never forgotten, and never without hope.