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Ezekiel 3

1 The voice said to me, “Son of man, eat what I am giving you—eat this scroll! Then go and give its message to the people of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and he fed me the scroll. 3 “Fill your stomach with this,” he said. And when I ate it, it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.

4 Then he said, “Son of man, go to the people of Israel and give them my messages. 5 I am not sending you to a foreign people whose language you cannot understand. 6 No, I am not sending you to people with strange and difficult speech. If I did, they would listen! 7 But the people of Israel won’t listen to you any more than they listen to me! For the whole lot of them are hard-hearted and stubborn. 8 But look, I have made you as obstinate and hard-hearted as they are. 9 I have made your forehead as hard as the hardest rock! So don’t be afraid of them or fear their angry looks, even though they are rebels.”

10 Then he added, “Son of man, let all my words sink deep into your own heart first. Listen to them carefully for yourself. 11 Then go to your people in exile and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says!’ Do this whether they listen to you or not.”

-- Before I slept last night, I was thinking of the coming Harvest Event in Kabacan on my Birthday. I was going to speak (Di pa ito sure). I was already thinking, "What am I going to say?"...Then God reassured me, warned me and commanded me today.. Wow God! You are really thoughtful, Omniscient and All-knowing!

-- Today, God is telling me that I will be sent to my own people (Kabacan) and not to another place. They will not listen for they are hard-hearted and stubborn. It is also a warning to me. When I finally speak to them they will not listen.

-- But God's promise to me today is that I'm going to be as hard-hearted and stubborn as they are!!! Persistent, compelled and driven in telling the Good News whether they listen or not!

-- Today, God Commands me to devour/eat/feast/feed on His Words/Messages. Let His words sink deep into my heart and listen/meditate carefully on them.

Wow!! Thank you Lord!!
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