DAILY TEXT for today Tuesday, December 24, 2024, Eat this scroll and then go speak to the house of Israel (Ezek. 3:1).

DAILY TEXT, From today Tuesday, December 24, 2024, Eat this scroll and then go speak to the house of Israel (Ezek. 3:1).

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Tuesday December 24, 2024

Eat this scroll and then go speak to the house of Israel (Ezek. 3:1).

Ezequiel had to completely assimilate the message he had to announce. That message had to become part of him; It had to influence his deepest feelings. Then something unexpected happened. Ezekiel discovered that the scroll “was as sweet as honey” (Ezek. 3:3). Because? Because, to him, the honor of representing Jehovah was something sweet or pleasant (Ps. 19:8-11). He was very grateful that Jehovah had chosen him to be his prophet. Later, Jehovah told Ezekiel: “Listen and accept in your heart all the words that I say to you” (Ezek. 3:10). Jehovah was telling him to try to remember the words written on the scroll and meditate on them. That would feed Ezekiel's faith and make clear in his mind the powerful message he was to bring to the people (Ezek. 3:11). With God's message in his mouth and in his heart, the prophet was ready to start preaching and fulfill his mission. w22.11 6 paras. 12-14.

WE FEED ON THE WORDS OF GOD

What must we accept in our hearts so as not to abandon our ministry?

In order not to abandon our ministry, we too must continue to feed ourselves on the words of God. We need to accept in our hearts everything that Jehovah tells us. Today Jehovah speaks to us through his written Word, the Bible. What can we do to ensure that God's Word continues to influence our thoughts, feelings, and motives?

What should we do with the Word of God, and how do we achieve it?

Our body is nourished when we eat and digest food. Our faith is also nourished when we study the Word of God and meditate on it. That is the lesson that the vision of the scroll teaches us. Jehovah wants us to “fill our stomachs” with his Word, to assimilate his message. And we achieve that by praying, reading and meditating. First we pray to prepare our hearts to receive God's thoughts. Then we read a portion of the Bible. And then we pause to meditate and think carefully about what we have read. What will be the result? The more we meditate, the better our hearts will assimilate the message of God's Word.

Why is it so important that we meditate on what we read in the Bible?

Why is it so important that we read the Bible and meditate on it? Because doing so gives us the strength we need to announce the message of the Kingdom now and in the near future the harsh message of condemnation that we may have to proclaim. Furthermore, when we meditate on Jehovah’s precious qualities, our friendship with him becomes stronger. And, as a result, we enjoy something very sweet and pleasant: inner peace and contentment (Ps. 119:103).

What will the people of the territory have to recognize, and why?

Although we are not prophets inspired by God like Ezekiel, we do have the inspired message that Jehovah has left in his Word. We are determined to continue announcing it until Jehovah says there is no need to preach anymore. When the time comes for Jehovah to carry out his sentence, the people of the territory will not be able to say that they were not warned or that God did not take them into account.​—Ezek. 3:19; 18:23. Rather, they will have to recognize that the message we preached came from God.

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