Ezekiel 21
Every Crossroads is an Opportunity!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, June 26.
When you come to a crossroads in your life, use discernment, not divination, to decide your right next step. What’s the difference you ask? Divination is the practice of uncovering hidden knowledge by supernatural means. There are many ways to dabble in this unholy practice, some of which are described in Ezekiel 21:21-22:
For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the household idols, he looks at the liver. Into his right hand came the divination, “Jerusalem,” to set battering rams, to open the mouth for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall.
This passage is found in the context of God using Babylon as His instrument of judgment. The sword of the Lord was about to be unsheathed upon Jerusalem, and the prophet made it clear that it would be by God’s decree, and not that of man’s divination. While we know that God can use all things to point to His will, such as the king of Babylon using divination in the passage above, there is an authorized way to gain wisdom when needing to make a hard decision (James 1:5). God has decreed the Way to be His Son Jesus Christ. Through faith in Him we receive the Holy Spirit, who guides us as we walk in the Way (John 16:7-15). Discernment is how we listen for the Holy Spirit’s direction through the authorized means of grace – the faith and practices of the church such as prayer, Bible intake, and spiritual friendship.
Seize the moment and discern God’s direction through the means of grace entrusted to you. Every crossroads is an opportunity to trust God and walk by His Spirit (Galatians 5:16-25).
God bless you!
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