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God's Urgent Call
Calling of Prophets

Ezekiels' Call 

Ezekiel 3:12-21 The Message 

12-13 Then the Spirit picked me up. Behind me I heard a great commotion—“Blessed be the Glory of God in his Sanctuary!”—the wings of the living creatures beating against each other, the whirling wheels, the rumble of a great earthquake.
14-15 The Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went bitterly and angrily. I didn’t want to go. But God had me in his grip. I arrived among the exiles who lived near the Kebar River at Tel Aviv. I came to where they were living and sat there for seven days, appalled.
16 At the end of the seven days, I received this Message from God:
17-19 “Son of man, I’ve made you a watchman for the family of Israel. Whenever you hear me say something, warn them for me. If I say to the wicked, ‘You are going to die,’ and you don’t sound the alarm warning them that it’s a matter of life or death, they will die and it will be your fault. I’ll hold you responsible. But if you warn the wicked and they keep right on sinning anyway, they’ll most certainly die for their sin, but you won’t die. You’ll have saved your life.
20-21 “And if the righteous turn back from living righteously and take up with evil when I step in and put them in a hard place, they’ll die. If you haven’t warned them, they’ll die because of their sins, and none of the right things they’ve done will count for anything—and I’ll hold you responsible. But if you warn these righteous people not to sin and they listen to you, they’ll live because they took the warning—and again, you’ll have saved your life.”

For Reflection

Ezekiel saw the wheel
Way up in the middle of the air
Ezekiel saw the wheel
Way up in the middle of the air

And the little wheel run by faith
And the big wheel run by the grace of God
A wheel in a wheel
Way up in the middle of the air

Better mind my sister how you walk on the Cross
Way up in the middle of the air
Your foot might slip and your soul be lost
Way up in the middle of the air

Two of my favorite recordings are kids singing this spiritual while playing basketball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2RaNzjFpos) and
Harry Belafonte (https://youtu.be/7BJVWOJ5ybA) You may have to paste the URL into your browser.

Pray

Pray so that your foot might not slip.  Pray for humility.  Pray in praise of the loving God. Pray for the watchmen whom others will curse if they are faithful, and whom will anger God if they are false. Pray that you will listen for the watchman who carries a messsage of love and hope in repentance for sin.