Ezekiel is commissioned as a Watchman for Israel.

Hello My Friend; Good day and Happy Valentine.

The reading for today is from Ezekiel chapter 3. God said to Ezekiel "eat the scroll; then go and speak to the house of Israel." The scroll tasted as sweet as honey in his mouth. David said come and taste and see that the Lord is good. This is the same scroll i am asking you to taste every day. The Word of the Lord is sweet my friend. As a watchman for Israel, Ezekiel had a tough job. Jesus knew it and said only in his own household, city and community that a prophet has no honor. No honor! But nevertheless you MUST GO SPEAK TO THEM. If you warn them, you are free of their blood, but if you fail to warn and they die in their sin, their blood is on you. That is a very heavy task. Ezekiel was to warn both the righteous and the wicked alike. The wicked is warned to repent of sin while the righteous is warned to hold unto his righteousness. In verses 22-24 we see how the Spirit took him to the valley to show him again the glory of the Lord. And how about the physical restraint so that he would not prophesy in verse 25? The enemies of the Gospel will do everything within their limited power to stop God's people from preaching, but set your face like a flint on your duty. The elders of Judah visited Ezekiel and sat with him in his house to witness his spiritual ecstasies; but God shut his mouth and would not allow His servant go for a reprover.

Are you willing to become a watchman in the Lord's house? A watchman's job is to warn the city or a place of the impending intruder. In Isaiah 62:6, God posted watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem to pray for the peace and restoration of Jerusalem. God posted Ezekiel as watchman over the captive Israelites in Babylon. You can be a watchman over the lost and captive people of your household and community. Do not say you are free while in captivity by Satan and dead in sin. Spiritual enslavement is worse than physical enslavement. Eat this scroll and digest it and you will see the difference my Friend.

Prayer for today: Dear Lord, send your Spirit to us and cause us to get up. Left in our flesh, we cannot get up. Then open our eyes to see your glory as Ezekiel saw at the Kebar River so we can fall on our faces to worship you as he did. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.

Apostle Ndueso Udoiwod.