Today’s Thought “A Voice In the Wind” G. Ward

Ezekiel 33:1-4

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman, ³ and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people, ⁴ then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

 

The beauty in disseminating what “thus says the Lord” demands that any hearer not pervade their frustrations on the sayer, but the Author. Yes, I awakened to fooling myself, because the actuality is there are very few convicted or convinced of a storyline emanating from another, particularly when the messenger states it so authoritatively, demanding spiritual metamorphosis. It’s therefore incumbent on the sayer to re-state many times their lowly position via incessant recognition that all the information shared applies to every soul (including the sayer). Ezekiel, the prophet was regarded as the “watchman” and his calling to fulfill was never to regard his own power of persuasion that could lead others to a conversion experience, but to remain personally foundational therein; remembering God’s warning is His patience unto man (cf. 1 Cor.6:9-11).