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Is the fruit rotting without attention?

I love to eat the papaya fruit.  It has got great flavor, sweetness and texture that is wonderful for a refreshing dessert or just a meal in itself.  At one point in my life I lived in a home with a very fruitful papaya tree.  It had lots of papayas to the point that we could not eat it all fast enough, or even harvest it fast enough.  We ended up seeing half eaten fruit drop to the ground being wasted.  It was ready for harvest but we were not able to reach them fast enough.  The birds beat us to them.  Souls are ready, are we ready to bring them in?

Ezekiel 33:30-31
As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’ So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain.

Ezekiel is the watchman.  He sounds the alarm as a responsible watchman and, in another sense, a responsible harvester.  When the enemy or a crisis approaches are we staying silent without due regard for the welfare of the people.  Far be it for us to ignore their plight.  In fact their blood is upon us.  Ezekiel has been responsible and God attributes praise to him for fulfilling his responsibility as a prophet, notwithstanding that the people remained unrepentant.

Ezekiel 33:32-33
You are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them. And when this comes to pass—surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.

I cannot sit still and see people head to eternal damnation. I have been in that mode for many periods of my life. No, the good news is for all, and for all times. We need to stop "enjoying" good worship, preaching and fellowship. We need to do something to warn everyone around us about the impeding danger to their soul.

Father, let me speak your Word boldly today.
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