The Monday after the First Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on June 8, 2026 by under
Scripture: Ezekiel 2:1-7 (NKJV)
2:1 And He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.” 2 Then the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me. 3 And He said to me: “Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. 4 For they are impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ 5 As for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know that a prophet has been among them.
6 “And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, though they are a rebellious house. 7 You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.”
Devotion
The name of the Lord, Yahweh/Jehovah, stresses His eternal being, His lack of contingency or dependence upon anyone else, so that what He promises is certain to come to pass. In commissioning Ezekiel, He addresses the prophet by the same name that God the Son would choose to be known by in His work of saving us: Son of Man. Ezekiel was to speak to the people absolutely, without fear of them, even though they were haughty and rebellious. He was to speak the Lord’s words to them, “whether they hear or whether they refuse,” because only God’s own Word could restore the exiled nation and set them on their feet within their own land.
The Lord demonstrates this in Ezekiel himself, first telling him to stand on his feet and then causing him to do so through the Holy Spirit’s entering him by His Word. Only His Word can give us the fulfillment of all He commands, so Ezekiel must receive, be emboldened by, and then give that Spirit through this Word. We confess, “We should and must, therefore, constantly maintain that God will not confer with us frail beings, unless through his external word and sacraments… all that is boasted of, independent of such word and sacraments, in reference to the Spirit, is criminal” (Smalcald Articles III: VIII).
Collect: O God, the Strength of all them that put their trust in Thee: Mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without Thee, grant us the help of Thy grace, that in keeping Thy commandments we may please Thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
