We have
been hearing short passages from different books in the Old Testament this
first week of Lent. We have heard from Leviticus,
Isaiah, Jonah, and Esther earlier in the week.
Today, it is the prophet Ezekiel who brings forth the message of the
Lord, telling us that the Lord does not delight when a wicked man stays in his
wickedness and earns punishment, but rather the Lord delights when the wicked
man turns his back on his evil ways and has a change of heart. We have so many in our world today who turn
their backs on the laws of God and the laws of man, who want to stay on those
evil paths and who do not want to hear the voice of the Lord calling out to
them. We may say that the laws of God
and the laws of man are unfair, but what about the ways that we break those
laws, that we give into temptation and into our evil ways? How fair is that? What good does that bring into our lives?
We hear
this message during the first week of Lent, because Lent is all about changing
our ways and turning back to God. It is
hard to break old habits and to reform our lives. It is hard to break out of the chains of
addictions, out of our laziness and complacency and indifference. But that is what the Lord is calling us to
do. And he will rejoice when we are able
to do so.
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