“The Lord’s glory rose from the angels” (Ezekiel 10:4); “The Spirit
lifted me” (Ezekiel 11:1 - These prophecies of Ezekiel bring us into the
presence of God. “the sound of the Almighty God when He speaks” (Ezekiel
10:5); “The Lord’s Spirit came to me and told me to say” (Ezekiel 11:5)
- When we are in the Lord’s presence, He speaks His Word to us. He
speaks to us, so that we might speak for Him. “The Spirit lifted me up”
(Ezekiel 11:24); “The Lord spoke His Word to me” (Ezekiel 12:1) - The
Word and the Spirit belong together. The Spirit inspires the Word. The
Word expresses the mind of the Spirit. “This is the divine revelation”
(Ezekiel 12:10); “This is what the Almighty Lord says, Everything that I
say will no longer be delayed. Whatever I say will happen, declares the
Almighty Lord” (Ezekiel 12:28). Through His Word and His Spirit, the
Almighty Lord is leading us on to His future. He is lifting us up to
glory - His heavenly and eternal glory.
“Listen to the Word of the
Lord” (Ezekiel 13:2). We must not “follow our own ideas” (Ezekiel
13:3). “Change the way you think and act” (Ezekiel 14:6). We are
changed, as we pay attention to what the Lord has to say to us. What is
the alternative to turning to the Lord, listening to Him and being
changed by Him? We turn from Him, and our lives become a “wasteland”
(Jeremiah 15:8). The message of the prophet, Ezekiel, comes as a call to
choose - Turn to the Lord and be saved, or turn from Him and be lost.
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