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

Today, I am reading and commenting on Ezekiel 22-23.

    Ezekiel once again received a message of condemnation and warning for the people of Jerusalem. God will be pouring out His judgment on the city because its leaders were bent on murder, oppressing the widow and the fatherless, and mistreating the foreigner. The people make false accusations against others and are obsessed with immoral sex. The religious leaders fail to make a distinction between what is holy and what is unholy. The leaders destroyed peoples’ lives for money. At one time there had been a wall of righteous people around the land. A wall which kept people from straying too far from righteousness. God had looked for people to stand in the gaps in the wall and turn others back to righteousness. He had not found enough of them.

    I see a similar situation today. Our society is obsessed with sex. It defines people by their sexual behavior and has normalized immoral sexual acts. People are encouraged to blame their unhappiness on the way in which they were created. Our leaders tell lies about people and destroy them in order to advance their own power and wealth. Certain groups within our society have intentionally torn down the walls of righteousness which provided guide rails to those just learning to navigate through life. And God is seeking those who are willing to stand in the gaps in those walls, those willing to take the abuse that will be dished out to those who point others towards righteousness. Are you willing to take the risk to stand in the gap and declare that sin is sin? Am I?