Ezekiel 3:7
But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.
What did Ezekiel have to do?
- HE HAD TO FILL HIMSELF FIRST
Ezekiel 3:3
And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.” Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.
How can you fill others if you are not filled yourself?
1 Samuel 30:6
And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
- GOD WILL PREPARE YOU FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE
Ezekiel 3:8
Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
Ezekiel 3:9
Like emery harder than flint have I made your forehead. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.”
Impulsive decisions are what happens when roles are blurred.
- KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR ROLE IS
Ezekiel 3:14
The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.
It is not your role to tell everyone off.
Ezekiel 3:17
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
Ezekiel 3:21
But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul.”
Remember, your success is not acknowledged by their response.
- LET GOD DO WHAT ONLY HE CAN DO
Ezekiel 3:23
So I arose and went out into the valley, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory that I had seen by the Chebar canal, and I fell on my face.
Ezekiel 3:26-27
And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house. But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who will hear, let him hear; and he who will refuse to hear, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
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