A Highly effective Prayer of Safeguard over Your Beloved Ones
By Chelsey DeMatteis

“But when the watchman sees the sword coming and doesn’t blow the trumpet, in order that the individuals are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one in all them, that individual is taken away in his iniquity, however his blood I’ll require on the watchman’s hand.” – Ezekiel 33:6

I spent a handful of weeks learning the e-book of Ezekiel; it was jaw-dropping to say the least. It was crammed with a lot of historic occasions happening, however the thread of Jesus by the entire e-book was life-changing. Ezekiel was a priest within the midst of exile when the LORD opened up the heavens and gave him a imaginative and prescient. A imaginative and prescient that displays a lot of who Christ is for us on this aspect of the cross. Ezekiel was appointed the watchman over Israel. Are you able to think about that job title! When God referred to as him to this function, He laid out very clear tips of what Ezekiel was to do and the way he was to talk to God’s folks.

Ezekiel 33:1-6 says, “The phrase of the Lord got here to me: “Son of man, converse to your folks and say to them, If I carry the sword upon a land, and the folks of the land take a person from amongst them, and make him their watchman, and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the folks, then if anybody who hears the sound of the trumpet doesn’t take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his personal head. He heard the sound of the trumpet and didn’t take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But when he had taken warning, he would have saved his life. But when the watchman sees the sword coming and doesn’t blow the trumpet, in order that the individuals are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one in all them, that individual is taken away in his iniquity, however his blood I’ll require on the watchman’s hand.”

The job was laid out, and Ezekiel did simply as God mentioned. This challenged me and revealed to me that whereas I’m the watchman of my residence, Jesus is the last word watchman over my household. God is evident with these job titles. He tells you and I how we’re to run our households and that we’re referred to as to guard our households from falsehood, deceit, and all of the lies of this world. He additionally reveals to us that Jesus is pursuing, directing, and defending in ways in which we can not. There’s a religious realm that we can not see.

I consider my mother usually once I recall Ezekiel’s function. She spent an hour each morning in prayer for my life and salvation earlier than I used to be strolling with Jesus. She would plead with God that He would draw me to Himself with out coping with me too harshly. She not solely prayed by herself, however she requested others to hope, too. She had me on prayer chains at church and had pricey neighbors going to Jesus on my behalf, too. This can be a lovely instance of a watchman. Watchmen not solely stand on guard, able to sound the trumpet when evil arises, however additionally they search Jesus on behalf of the folks they’re watching over.

We’ve got the glory and skill to carry our households earlier than the Lord in prayer, whereas we even have to decide on to submit our households to the One who watches over every of our folks on a regular basis. Being the watchman for our folks is not a straightforward job, but it surely’s a holy calling.

Let’s pray:

Father, assist me as I watch over and pray for my household. Give me discernment to talk once I ought to and once I’m to sound the trumpet {that a} stumbling block is coming their method. Father, thanks for sending Jesus to be the last word watchman. I reward you for the reward of your masking always. Please shield my household, hold evil removed from them, and pursue their hearts fiercely in Jesus’ identify, amen.

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Chelsey is the voice behind the Dwelling with Much less Podcast and creator of the 52-week devotional Extra of Him, Much less of Me: Dwelling a Christ-centered Life in a Me-centered World. She writes devotions for Lifeway Girls’s Journey Journal, Crosswalk.com, and iBelieve.com. She additionally writes Bible studying plans for the YouVersion Bible App. Chelsey lives in Ohio together with her husband and two kids. You may join together with her on Instagram @chelseydematteis and at her web site ChelseyDeMatteis.com.

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