Title: Why We Need and Should Listen to God's Watchmen?
Text:
Ezekiel 22:30 (ESV)
And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.
Observation:
The cry for help of this verse is not limited to the people of Ezekiel's day; it speaks to the need of our day also. It is amazing how much human nature seems to have common needs in every generation.
I am certain that most of you would agree that there is an abundance of evil in our world today. However, I am afraid that the verdict would be that intercessors are lacking today.
Why is it so hard to find people who will stand in the gap to stop evil, and prevent divine judgment? Think about the task of the watchman. Why are God's people so slow to hear?
Ezekiel 33:1-6 (ESV)
1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 "Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman, 3 and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
It takes conviction, courage, commitment, and compassion for people to stand in the gap. Each of us can be an intercessor and watchmen for those that God places on our heart. We can us our lips sometimes, but we can use our lives all the time.
Are you willing to blow the trumpet? Are you willing hear the sound of the trumpet, and heed the warning?
Prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I pray that You would stay Your hand of divine judgment upon the evil in this world for just awhile longer. Father, we need an abundance of grace and mercy. Father, I ask this not for our glory, but for Your glory. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
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Matthew 4:4 (HCSB)
4 But He answered, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
Psalm 2:8 (HCSB)
8 Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.
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