Ezekiel 12:17 says, Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, God’s word came to Ezekiel once more. God does not just speak to us once, but He continues to speak to us as long as we are listening for His word to us.
Verse eighteen adds, Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; God told Ezekiel to eat and drink with fear and trembling. We often say that God wants us to be happy and safe in the world, but the opposite is often the truth. Sometimes, we may find that things in the world frighten us, but as followers of Christ, that should never stop us from doing what we know is right, even if it were to cost us our life.
Verse nineteen continues, And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. God said this was to be a message to the people of Israel that they were going to be lacking in food and water because their land was going to be desolate where it had once been a land flowing with milk and honey. If we turn away from God, we may find ourselves spiritually desolate where we had once been overflowing with the joy of God. Still, if we repent and turn to Him once more, we should have the glory of God fill our soul once more.
Verse twenty concludes, And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. God then told Ezekiel that the cities of Israel were then going to be desolate because of their disobedience to Him. We may not be materially desolate if we turn away from God, but we will be spiritually desolate as individuals and as a nation.
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