Ezekiel brings forth the message of the Lord this afternoon,
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?
We hear this message during the first week of Lent, because
Lent in all about change 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. 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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