The LORD said, "Mortal man, your people are talking about you when they meet by the city walls or in the doorways of their houses. They say to one another, ‘Let’s go and hear what word has come from the LORD now.’ So my people crowd in to hear what you have to say, but they don’t do what you tell them to do. Loving words are on their lips, but they continue their greedy ways. To them you are nothing more than an entertainer singing love songs or playing a harp. They listen to all your words and don’t obey a single one of them. But when all your words come true – and they will come true – then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

Ezekiel 33:30-33

LORD, help us to apply Your truth to our lives so that we may experience Your love. Help us to be both hearers and heeders.

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only.

Our Daily Bread – April 23, 2002