NOVEMBER 17, 2023 – Unforgettable Words

Unforgettable Words

 NOVEMBER 17, 2023
 Daily Reading – Ezekiel 5-8 / Hebrews 12

 GOD’S WORD:

Ezekiel 7:26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

 

 GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

        Listen. In the back of your mind, you will hear the voice of your parents as you read this next line. Ready? “If you would’ have listened to me the first time, this would have never happened.” You heard it didn’t you? The reason you recall those words is because at some point in your life, you did not listen to their advice. People think somehow, life has changed over the past few thousand years. Yes, we have more gadgets, more things to take up our time, and faster transportation. Yet, when we get right down to it, living is still getting up in the morning, doing our daily routines, and going to bed. The problem then becomes, what are our daily routines.

        The children of Israel had gone so far from God that their daily routines now included going to God’s House as well as worshipping other gods. Crying to false goddesses and burning incense to idols. Their daily routine did not include God, because in their eyes God did not care about them, nor was he watching. God told Ezekiel, I am watching and what I see makes me sick. He said, I will destroy this way of life, and then they will want to know what the priests see for their future, but the priests will not know. If they had followed God’s way of life to begin with, their future was already mapped out for them. There is no new better way to live. The way to live better is to live by the book. To envision your life without God, is to envision a life full of misery and trials. 

 

 GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

        Making a life plan must begin with God. He must be a part of your everyday routine. Read His Word, pray, seek His will. Listen carefully. You will almost hear the voice of God saying, “If you would only have listened to me the first time this would have never happened.

Are you listening?