This morning I was thinking about how I, so often, don't follow God's Word in my daily walk. I was reading in Ezekiel and was captured by the following verses.
Ezek. 33:30-32
“As for you, son of man, your countrymen are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD.’ 31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express devotion, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. 32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice."
I know that I have been guilty of this exact thing. Lord, please forgive me for my lack of reaction to hearing Your words! Lord help me to hear and put Your words into practice.
Your words are meant to guide, direct and nourish me. If I only listen, but never put Your words into practice, I will miss out on all that You desire to do in my life. Help me to recognize the idiocy of this - that I would think that I know better than the one who sees all, knows all, and loves me more than I can ever imagine. I know that You have the words of life, to whom else can I go? (John 6:68)
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