Why - A watchman?

Last night I saw our dear Pastor Randy on TV. Now normally "I DO NOT WATCH TBN, DAYSTAR...etc" but I did last night because of him. I love my Pastor and greatly respect him.

He was great and so natural...his comments of how the state of the world is at this time, rang a bell in me...I was so proud of Him.

This brings me to Ezekiel 33 which I read last night before going to sleep. This chapter speaks of "Ezekiel a Watchman". As I read, again it was like a bell went off in me, I perked up and re-read these versus....

We are to be prepared. Our Shepherd is our watchman...If our watchman says "its time to come back to the Lord" ... come back, if he says..."there needs to be an awakening of the church", lets wake up..."there will be harder times ahead"... let's get prepared.

In Ezekiel, it says:

1. If the watchman sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people, then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not take warning and the sword comes and takes his life, his blood will be on his own head.

2. If he (not the watchman) had taken the warning, he would have saved himself.

3. But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes the life of one of them, God will hold the watchman accountable for that life...

We see the state of the World, the financial state, the moral state, the spiritual state. We've heard the words of our Pastors' "the Watchman" all around the world. We need to be prepared. Our world is changing as I am writing this....what we've done in the past to be close to God is no longer enough. How we've served in our churches in the past is no longer enough...How we've prayed in the past is no longer enough...how we seeked His face in the past is no longer enough....

I encourage you and myself to change how we've done things in the past and upgrade. Let's not be caught off guard. There is a financial crisis...lets be careful with our money. There is a strong attack against Christians...lets be knowledgeable and use our sword and be bold. There is a spiritual complacency all around us...get on your knees and ask for discernment, ask the Lord to knead your Spirit.

You wonder why I don't listen to those Christian networks..."they compromise". Most of the people that appear are teaching false doctrine. I know there are some that are good and sound but those are so few. So instead of allowing someone else to filter my mind with false teaching...I listen to my Pastor who I see weekly and I see his character. But mostly I seek God and read and discern myself with His guidance. I do seek a few of the trusted scholars that I know and learn from them. Its not about knowing everything, because obviously I don't... But be careful who you listen to .... don't accept every teaching that is out there... always go back and verify it with the Word of God.

Read Ezekiel 33 - the whole chapter...it gave me chills and it is so relevant to our time!