Ezekiel 2

Ezekiel 2:1:
He said to me: O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you

​We are mortal. God addresses the Prophet Ezekiel as mortal. The literal phrase is “Son of Man,” which is a Hebrew way of saying “mortal.” God, the Eternal One speaks to the mortal Ezekiel. That the eternal God speaks to the mortal Ezekiel giving him the task of preaching to the people of Israel demonstrates that mortality does not lead to futility. Even though we live only a handful of decades, God is with us and in the mix of human history. In fact, God loves creation so much, that God will not allow creation to end, but in God’s own good time he will renew it. St. Paul writes to the Romans, “For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God” (8:19-21).

Our mortal life will end, to be sure; but it is a purpose-filled life. That is why the Psalmist could say to God,

Let your work be manifest to your servants,
and your glorious power to their children.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and prosper for us the work of our hands--
O prosper the work of our hands! (Psalm 90:16-17).

Life matters. God has made it so. -Alan R Bevere

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Ezekiel 2:7:
And thou shalt speak my words unto them whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

His message would go forth and  was not dependent upon whether they would listen or not.