PRAYING FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, CHURCH & NATION:
Seek to demonstrate God’s grace with your life (Ezk 4:7). #UnderstandGod’sWord #God’sWordInLife
MORNING WATCH NOTES:
I am familiar with what they call a “living nativity scene.“ That is similar to what Ezekiel is doing here. He is acting out prophecy. He is a “living prophecy scene.”
Ezekiel will lay out a model of Jerusalem as under siege (vv1-3). He is then to emulate the people as bearing the weight of their sin (vv4–6). In verse 7 Ezekiel, while laying on his side, portrays God by “baring his arm” (a sign of readiness for drastic action – Isa 52:10) and prophesying the destruction of Jerusalem, to those already captive in Babylon.
This living prophecy scene is presumably observed by those coming by his quarters (as one might drive by a living nativity at Christmas).
Lord, may my life be a living example, a “living letter” that points to God’s grace (2Co 3:2,3).
The Prayer Sentry 