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Saturday 24 July 2010

Following Directions: U-TURN

Following Directions: U-TURN

Say to them: "As I live," says the Lord God, "I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways!"
Ezekiel 33:11

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Ezekiel 33:1-11

A remorseful man, wanting to reassure his skeptical wife, said: "I'm going to make a 360-degree turn." Well, that's the kind of change a lot of people make. A 360-degree turn is no change at all. What we need is a 180-degree change, a reverse direction, a U-Turn.

In driving, U-turns are handy when we realize we're going in the wrong way. The same is true in life. The Lord tells us to turn from our wicked ways and to turn toward Him in confession and true repentance. This involves a change of heart, a change of mind, and a change of direction.

In Ezekiel 33, God commissioned the prophet Ezekiel as a watchman to warn his countryman of coming judgment. He was to tell them, "Turn, turn from your evil ways!" That wasn't a popular message then, and it's not popular now when so many are motoring down the broad way leading to destruction. But it's a warning from heaven.

What direction are you traveling right now? Don't keep barreling the wrong way. Turn 180 degrees to Christ and start living for Him today.

Repentance, as we know, is basically not moaning and remorse, but turning and change.
J. I. Packer

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