Today, I am reading and commenting on  Ezekiel 1-4.

I always love Ezekiel’s description of his vision, although it makes me wish I had the artistic talent to draw or otherwise create a visual representation of it.  That being said I like the way God gave Ezekiel his mission.  God begins by telling Ezekiel that He was sending him to a stubborn and obstinate people, but that he must not fear to speak God’s message to them.  Ezekiel was only required to speak God’s message, whether or not the people to whom he was sent listened was not his responsibility.  The same is true for us.  God sends us to speak His message to those around us.  If we speak God’s message we are not responsible if those to whom He sent us fail to listen.  I also like the metaphor of scroll which God gave Ezekiel to eat, containing the words he was to speak.  Before Ezekiel spoke God’s word to the people to whom he was sent he needed to internalize God’s words and learn to live according to them.  The same is true for us.  When God gives us words to speak to people we must live according His words before we begin to speak.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.