By Kevin Shrum
Pastor, Inglewood Baptist Church, Nashville
Focal Passage: Ezekiel 3:8-21
When God gets ready to do something He commissions His people. Like a military General commanding his troops, God calls and commissions His people to do His will His way, executing the battle plan according to His purposes.
The Great Commission of Matthew 28:16-20 is just one of many commissions in Scripture. The Prophets of the Old Testament were commissioned to speak on God’s behalf to His people and to the culture at large. They spoke God’s Word, not their own. And just as God commissioned His prophets, He calls us to preach, teach, and live His Word today. We see in the commissioning of Ezekiel a reflection of our own calling.
Prepared, verses 8-11
When God calls His people, He prepares His people. How? First, through a determined heart. God told Ezekiel He would make His face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads, verse 8. [Read more…]