Ezekiel 3:17-19


17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. 18 When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. 19 But if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself. "

"The responsibility of a believer in Christ today to share the word of life, salvation, and forgiveness is no less awesome. Once the message of salvation is entrusted to us, we are responsible and accountable to share with those who are lost." - Lamar Cooper

I can only beg and plead with my God that he would make his glory as real to me as he did to Ezekiel.  When we see God for who he really is, how can we respond but in obedience?  I have often prayed that God would make me passionate to preach good news to the lost.  Shouldn't my prayer have been to see his glory?  To repent from my disobedience?  To be given an obedient heart?

A couple weeks ago I had a new neighbor move in right across from me.  My husband and I glanced out our windows throughout the day, both trying not to seem too interested.  I said something about taking them cookies or homemade salsa and introducing myself, but I got caught up with the days activities and hardly gave it another thought.  I don't think I'm ok with that anymore.  As Cooper said, it's my responsibility as a believer in Christ to share the word of life, salvation, and forgiveness with those around me.

So, here goes with Day 1 of obedience to the Great Commission.  Today I'm actually going to bake cookies and take them to my new neighbor.  Let's pray they're home.