Please read Ezekiel 20.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/eze/20/1/s_822001
Meditate on verse 31.
"When you offer your gifts, when you cause
your sons to pass through the fire, you are
defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day.
And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel?
As I live," declares the LORD GOD,
"I will not be inquired of by you.”
Israel’s elders came to Ezekiel to seek the LORD for truth and information (v. 1). God refused to let them inquire of Him because they continued to appeal to their idols, sacrificing to them rather than trusting in the living God. God declared three times in this chapter, “As I live…” (vs. 3, 31, 33).
“As I live,” declares the LORD GOD, “surely with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I shall be king over you” (v33). The Israelites would indeed know God is very much alive!
What about you? Do your actions show that you believe God lives? Where do you turn to make inquiries? The LORD has all the answers; He wants you to turn to Him.
Pray Ezekiel 20:8-9 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, do not let _________ and me rebel against You;
let us listen to You and cast away the detestable things of our eyes.
Let us forsake our idols. Please do not pour out
Your wrath on us to accomplish Your anger against us,
but act for the sake of Your name, that it should
not be profaned in the sight of others among whom we live.
Make Yourself known through us to those around us.
In Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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