Bible Chapter: Ezekiel 3 & 4

Because the Bible is practical, here are some statements to get you thinking.

1.  Write one or two key thoughts that come from today’s reading.
God gave the prophet, Ezekiel, a daunting task.  He was to speak to a nation that was not willing to listen. They would not believe the prophetic message of judgment because their hearts were hardened against the truth. God knew they would reject the bad news. God empowered Ezekiel to face their rejection.  God’s preparation for Ezekiel was to let all God’s words sink deep into his own heart first.  Then he was to go to the people and say to them what the Lord said.
Ezekiel had a critical position:  a watchman for Israel.  God challenged him to warn people immediately with the message he received.
Part of the preparation for telling the message was to make bread. It would be plain and minimal food.  This showed how scarce food and water would be during the Babylonian siege. They were facing famine and hunger.  These things were coming because the nation had defiled so many things and broken so many of God’s laws.  How bad would it be?  Food will be very scarce. It will be weighed out with great care. The water will be rationed out drop by drop.

2.  What can I apply in my life from the reading?
Ezekiel was called as a prophet.  Not all believers are called to be prophets, but all are called to tell, to warn unbelievers about the impact of sin.  I believe that one of the enemy’s tricks today is to get Christians to hold back on telling the truth.  Millions of unbelievers resist the message of the truth and not many people are trying to tell them.  God told Ezekiel that he was responsible to tell the truth about righteousness and sin. That is just as true today.  People must hear the salvation that Jesus paid for on the cross.

3.  How can I help someone?
Pray: Lord, open the eyes of the spiritually blind so that they can see YOU, that they can see eternal truth that will bring them to you and their eternal home in heaven.