Let The One Who Listens, Listen

Then the hand of the LORD was on me there, and He said to me, "Get up, go out to the plain, and I will speak with you there." So I got up and went out to the plain. The LORD's glory was present there, like the glory I had seen by the Chebar Canal, and I fell facedown. The Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said: "Go, shut yourself inside your house. And you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and bind you with them so you cannot go out among them. I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be mute and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house. But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says.' Let the one who listens, listen, and let the one who refuses, refuse—for they are a rebellious house.  Ezekiel 3:22-27 HCSB 

Oh, that rebellious household. Those Israelite children just were just a disobedient, stubborn bunch. Unwilling to listen, so God sends Ezekiel—filled with the Holy Spirit—with a message. The Holy Spirit set Ezekiel on his feet and then promised to give him the words to say. Let the one who listens, listen and let the one who refuses, refuse…. If you were there—taken into captivity in Babylon—would you still be rebellious, or would you listen to God’s message? The message that followed was not a fluffy prophesy.  Their sins had brought God judgment on the Israelites. The visions that Ezekiel was given were meant to teach those Israelites that they needed to change their ways. Is that good for us today? Let the one who listens, listen and let the one who refuses, refuse.  

Prayer ~ Holy Spirit, I’m listening to You…speak to me. Open my mouth and give me the words to say—that I may glorify and worship You with all my heart, soul, mind and strength.

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