“Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’ Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord God.” Ezekiel 12:27-28 – The message the people of God were receiving from Ezekiel was one they didn’t want to receive, nor did it mirror the messages coming from the false prophets they loved to listen to. Ezekiel’s message was that captivity was not going to end anytime soon, in fact even more from Jerusalem were going to be carried away into exile to join them. In the verses above, while it appears the people are at least acknowledging Ezekiel as a messenger of God, they made a grave mistake. They accepted the message, but rejected the timeline. Sure, God was going to do such things, but that won’t be for many days from now. This way of thinking is a dangerous one for people today as well. For we to may agree that the statements we hear from scripture are true and are actually coming from God, but we may dismiss anything about the timeline attached to those statements. “Sure, there are consequences to sin, but that won’t come for a while.” “Sure, we all die and either go to Heaven or Hell, but I got time to decide on that.” Know in examples like this I’m grateful to see the acknowledgement of God’s word as true, but it’s devasting to see how the enemy can lure us into being lack in following God’s word in the time we need to. Hear this, the time to follow God’s word is now. The time to stop sinning is now. The time to place your faith in Him is now. Don’t be like the people in Ezekiel’s day saying you have time, for today may be your last day to make the choice to follow Jesus. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3565
Question To Ponder: Why might people wait to follow God?
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