Ezekiel 14 - Praying God's Word

Please read Ezekiel 14.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/eze/14/1/s_816001

Meditate on verses 6-7.

Therefore say to the house of Israel, “Thus says

the LORD GOD, ‘Repent and turn away from your idols

and turn your faces away from all your abominations. 

For anyone of the house of Israel or of the immigrants

who stay in Israel who separates himself from Me, sets up

 his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling

 block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of

 Me for himself, I the LORD will be brought to answer him in My own person.’”

Have you ever had someone seek your advice about a bad situation caused by sinful behaviors? Have you ever been tempted to give them worldly counsel instead of Godly counsel because God’s Word  would tell them  to stop sinning and flee from wickedness? The world advises God wants them to be happy, so whatever they need to do to make that happen is certainly okay.

God warned Ezekiel to tell the idolatrous elders, “Repent and turn from all your abominations” (v. 6).

It doesn’t matter to whom you are talking; do not water down God’s Word. God would have destroyed Ezekiel along with the idolaters if he had not spoken the whole truth of what God said (v. 9).

Use Ezekiel 14:6 as a prayer of repentance for yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, I repent and turn away from my idols,

and I turn my face away from all my abominations.

 Please convict ___________ to do the same.

Because of Your name, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell