When the Lord speaks, sometimes He does get pretty loud.

Just on a whim, after checking out some Facebook stuff, trying to get over myself and this funkiness that I'm sitting in, rather grumpy...I clicked over to Biblegateway and typed in Ezekiel 2:5- I have no knowledge of this verse, it just popped into my head and I typed it. Because I have it set as the Message version, 2:3-7 came up. It has slayed me completely.

Ezekiel 2:5 (The Message)
3-7 He said, "Son of man, I'm sending you to the family of Israel, a rebellious nation if there ever was one. They and their ancestors have fomented rebellion right up to the present. They're a hard case, these people to whom I'm sending you—hardened in their sin. Tell them, 'This is the Message of God, the Master.' They are a defiant bunch. Whether or not they listen, at least they'll know that a prophet's been here. But don't be afraid of them, son of man, and don't be afraid of anything they say. Don't be afraid when living among them is like stepping on thorns or finding scorpions in your bed. Don't be afraid of their mean words or their hard looks. They're a bunch of rebels. Your job is to speak to them. Whether they listen is not your concern. They're hardened rebels.

How much longer can I stay in this state, before I listen to what I know I'm being told? Is the price of disobedience going to be my sanity? Or at least my pseudo-contentment? Work on me, Lord, I don't want to do this. I don't want to do this. I don't want to do this. I don't want to do this. I don't want to do this.

But I am the Lord's servant. Let it be to me as you have said.