CHOOSING THE VOICE TO LISTEN TO

Our reading comes from the book of Ezekiel chapter 1, 2 and3.Ezekiel was responding to the voice of the Lord who wanted to use him to warn the Israelites.by him accepting to hear from the Lord,he was able to experience the glory of the Lord (chapter 1).The Lord fed Ezekiel the words which He wanted the Israelites to listen to.It was upon Him to speak the words that the Lord had placed inside him to the Israelites.If he failed to speak the words to them their blood would be upon his hands for the wicked ways in they choose to follow but if he spoke to them,he will deliver his soul.

The Israelites had a choice to make which voice to listen to,that of the world or that of the Lord.The Lord said “but when I speak to you,I will open your mouth and you shall say to them,thus says the Lord God, He who hears let him hear and he who refuses let him refuse for they are a rebellious house.”

The Lord is informing us that we have the power to choose which voice to feed our mind,body and soul.for the Lord has given us control of our mind and body. The voices that we feed our body will have an impact on our soul. Watching or listening to negative thing would affect your body,mind and the soul.

One would say watching movies that have theme which praises the wicked ways of the world,has no influence to my faith as a Christian but what we are doing is normalising and glorifying sin.we have reached a point where same sex marriages,sex,use of abusive language has become a normal thing we watch and listen to.currently for something to trend it normally glorifies sex, homosexuality or the language used is vulgar.

As Christian we have Departed from the Lord’s voice to the voices of the world and it is affecting our spiritual growth. From today I choose to listen to positive voices that will draw me closer to the glory of the Lord. I also choose to select the voices I feed my children,to protect their mind,body and soul from the voices of the world. I pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit through it all and strength from the Lord.