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 changes his heart. We have so many in our world today who turn their backs on both God’s and man’s laws, who want to stay on those evil paths, who do not want to hear the Lord’s voice calling out to them. We may say that God’s laws and man’s laws are unfair, but what about the ways that we break those laws, that we give into temptation and into sin?
We hear this message during the first week of Lent. Lent in about changing our ways and turning back to God. It is usually hard to break old habits and to reform our lives. It is usually very 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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