WHO ARE THE WATCHMEN?

I have a question after reading Ezekiel. Who are today's Watchmen? Uh huh! Don't know what I'm talking about? Well, you've got a point..I'm kind of confused. Maybe a little hopeful, a little nervous, but WIDE AWAKE!

God spoke many things to Ezekiel. Nearly 600 years before Christ, God made Ezekiel His Watchman. It was an honor,certainly, but a difficult job, a real doozy. In Ezek.33:7, God said to him, "You, son of man, are the watchman. I've made you a watchman for Israel. The minute you hear a message from me, warn them." God went on to command Ezekiel, "Tell them, "As sure as I am the Living God, I take no pleasure from the death of the wicked. I want the wicked to change their ways and live.""

That's the crux of today's posting. Who will be God's Watchmen in the coming days? And how will we know? Will he or she stand up and tell us? We would probably think that person would be like the guys who carry signs that say, "The End Is Coming!"

Maybe God will not assign just one person. Would any one of us dare to refuse God? Boy, when I look around I see a few people that might qualify. Some really good pastors tell it like it is. But for the world at large...who don't even like religion...it would have to take a person or persons with tremendous devotion and those not afraid to take bloodshed on the chin.

When I see all the horrific battles around the world between religions, my heart cries out in compassion and hope that we have a Watchman. Or many of them. All hearing God's voice and passing the words along. How desperately we need them to tell the world that God awaits each individual to seek Him to make a covenant with Him. And God then can give each person who seeks Him in sincerity the promise of a good life filled with security, holiness, life in God as His person and God within him that the world can see. What a promise...full of hope!

I wish I knew who it was that told me about God. From the very first, I was hungry for God. God was very good, you see. And I wasn't! But over the years God has made me see that it is He that is good. And who do I think I am that I should be good? But with the Christ within me, the very Son of God, that part of me is very good! But I'm no Watchman!

So, I'm praying for Watchmen and Watchwomen! Surely an army of guided, listening, caring people will become available soon to show the world God Cares! And I pray those Big Watchpeople will wear "Big W" T-shirts that remind us to believe what God is telling them to tell us! (I think the colors should be blue like the sky and white like the heavens, don't you?)

Anyway, I vote for Watchmen. I'm grateful for Ezekiel.

And I'm not kidding. Love, Jo