On July 31of my thirtieth year,while I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. Ezekiel 1:1 NLT
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet…. Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, Revelation 1:10, 12 ESV
What does the Holy Spirit do in the calling of Ezekiel (and also of John)? Above everything else, the Spirit reveals the absolute awesomeness of God. The Holy Spirit’s task in the world is to re-present the Trinity to us. So here the Holy Spirit is seeking to bring Ezekiel to that shocking awareness of the divine glory that Ezekiel tries to recount to us. The foundation of your call and mine is that genuine understanding of who God is. We need to be consumed with this vision of God, a God who does not need us but who graciously invites us to join Him in the marvelous task of revealing His name and His nature and His character to the world.
All too often, we are insensitive to the Spirit’s leading in our lives because the vision of the awesome, terrifying, holy, loving God has grown cold in us. Perhaps like Ezekiel, we cannot see God’s glory in our present situation. The times are hard, the future bleak, the possibilities limited. Instant and complete submission, instant obedience, isn’t our instinctive response because our vision is clouded. What the Holy Spirit must do is to show us again the glory of God. He did that several times for Ezekiel. He brings us again to the foot of the throne where we must again make the decision: Who is King in my life. Do I obey God or do I obey my own instincts? That decision will not be hard if we have a living, breathing experience of the wonder and the glory of God.
Called To Be Transformed 