Go now to your people in exile and speak to them. Say to them, “This is what the sovereign LORD says, whether they listen or fail to listen.” Ezekiel 3:11
Ezekiel is among 10,000 Israelites exiled in Babylon. He was training for the priesthood when he found himself miles away from Jerusalem, the place tradition and family heritage reasoned he would serve for his lifetime. Ezekiel had strong reason to give up on the life God called him to. He didn’t. God told Ezekiel to go and tell His people to turn from their wicked ways knowing they likely wouldn’t listen or accept His word, but in verses 8 and 9 God promised to make Ezekiel strong and obstinate in the same manner of those he was sent to warn. He did.
Two things are always happening in the world of free will. People get to choose, and their choice does not, nor will it ever change the Truth. God is truth and He is ever Wise and Constant. Our reception or denial of this loving fact does NOT determine the validity or power of God’s call or plan. Just trust, in is always they right decision.
Love,
Gretchen