OUR FATHER WHO COMMISSIONS HIS SERVANTS TO GO WITH HIS WORD

The book of Ezekiel chapter 2 verses 4 - 6 says this;

 The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’ And whether they listen or fail to listen—for they are a rebellious people—they will know that a prophet has been among them. 

And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people. 

The prophet Ezekiel, while witnessing a vision of  the glory of the Lord in heaven, was overwhelmed and he fell face down to the ground.

He was helped to stand up by the Spirit of God and he could hear the Lord speaking to him and he was told that he was being sent as a prophet to the rebelious people of Israel to bring the word of the Lord to them.

The Lord warned Ezekiel that the people to whom he was being sent were 'obstinate and stubborn'  but he was to present the counsel of God to them whether they listened or not.

The Lord's intention was that even the rebelious people of Israel would not be able to deny that a prophet of God had been sent among them.

As for Ezekiel, he was instructed by the Lord not to be afraid of their presence nor their words.

Their menacing posture and threatening utterances were to be ignored by Ezekiel and even though thorns and briers and scorpions surrounded him, he was not to be afraid.

The thorns and briers represent social and political barriers placed around him to invalidate and marginalized him to the people of Israel.

The scorpions represent the witchcraft that was going to invoked to harass him spiritually.

In all cases, Ezekiel was to remain fearless.

Amen.

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