A WATCHMAN

“NOW, SON OF MAN, I AM MAKING YOU A WATCHMAN FOR THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. Therefore, listen to what I say and warn them for me."
Ezekiel 33:7 (NLT)

• Being a watchman is a responsibility or an assignment or ministry which God had given to every believer in Christ Jesus. God has given the ministry of reconciliation to every believer in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:18-20).
I. We, the Believers, are to tell the world that God does not have delight in the death of sinners; that they should forsake their sins and come to Jesus Christ, accept Him as their Lord and Saviour: "AS SURELY AS I LIVE, SAYS THE SOVEREIGN LORD, I TAKE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF WICKED PEOPLE. I ONLY WANT THEM TO TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS SO THEY CAN LIVE. Turn! TURN FROM YOUR WICKEDNESS, O people of Israel! WHY SHOULD YOU DIE?" (Ezekiel 33:11 NLT).

"GOD WANTS ALL PEOPLE TO BE SAVED. AND HE WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW THE TRUTH."
1 Timothy 2:4 (International Children’s Bible)
READ: Acts 3:19

If you have given your life to Jesus Christ, God wants you to reconcile the sinners to Him. It is the ministry given to every believer in Christ Jesus:
18 NOW ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD, WHO HAS RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, AND HAS GIVEN US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION, 19 THAT IS, THAT GOD WAS IN CHRIST RECONCILING THE WORLD TO HIMSELF, NOT IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES TO THEM, AND HAS COMMITTED TO US THE WORD OF RECONCILIATION. 20 NOW THEN, WE [Believers] ARE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST, AS THOUGH GOD WERE PLEADING THROUGH US: WE IMPLORE YOU ON CHRIST'S BEHALF, BE RECONCILED TO GOD" (2 Corinthians 5:18-20 NKJV).
If you failed to take the responsibility, the blood of the people around you would be required of you. Tell the world that God has no delight in their death or destruction.

II. To be a watchman could also mean to work in God's vineyard. What are you doing in your local church to move the work forward? In what way are you contributing to the growth of others, especially the young converts?

Attending church meetings, on Sundays and other days of the week, without doing anything, amounted to ungratefulness or ingratitude to God.
You reciprocate God's love for you by being passionate about His Kingdom, His work, and contributing to the growth and expansion of It on the earth.
You can only appreciate God for the salvation of your soul by giving yourself and all you have for the expansion of God's Kingdom on the Earth.
It is service that would make you great in the Kingdom. The path to greatness in Christianity is service (Luke 22:26,27).

• Watching through Praying.

God wants you to watch in the prayers. Watch over your family in the place of prayer. Watch over the people under your leadership in the place of prayer.
Wherever you find yourself, darkness should not reign there, because believers are supposed to be the light of the world (Matthew 5:14-16).
If every Believer can pray wherever they find themselves, the operations of the dark kingdom would be retarded. The operations of the devil, and his kingdom, is thriving because the children of God, the Believers in Christ, are not taking over wherever they find themselves.
If I may ask, What are you doing to influence other people for God? Where you live and work, as a Believer; What influence or impact do you have on the people there?
If your presence is insignificant, It thus means your absence would mean nothing to the people there as well.
Endeavour to be radical for Jesus. Win souls through witnessing. Believers are to be His witnesses (Acts 1:8).
Influence the people, including other Believers, and live right for God. The life you live would speak or communicate the good news of Christ to the people effectively even more than what you say or preach with your mouth: "HE [Jesus] DIED FOR EVERYONE SO THAT THOSE WHO RECEIVE HIS NEW LIFE WILL NO LONGER LIVE FOR THEMSELVES. INSTEAD, THEY WILL LIVE FOR CHRIST, WHO DIED AND WAS RAISED FOR THEM" (2 Corinthians 5:15 NLT).
READ: 1 Peter 4:1,2
a. Pioneer a fellowship group in your place of work.
b. Raise an altar of prayer for God At the place you live.
Through these you take over the land, the place, for God. If you are doing it, you are shining as a light in the place: "LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN" (Matthew 5:16 NKJV).

• Let your presence be a threat to the devil and those who are loyal to him, his agents, wherever you are.

You need to disrupt or impede the progress of the devil's work and his kingdom wherever you may find yourself.
Some so-called Believers are passive or inactive or apathetic about their faith, they do not want to be known as Believers in Christ Jesus; they even find it difficult to share their faith with others, or be identify with other Believers.
Let your identity be known through your character, prayer life, and witnessing, or evangelism.
Are you, as a professed Christian, comfortable, sitting with the unbelievers as they are committing Sin where you are?
If you, as a born-again Believer, can be a friend and sit comfortably in their midst where they are sinning—among the drunkards, the alcoholics, adulterers, fornicators, liers—without any discomfort, It means something is wrong with your Christian life: "YOU ADULTERERS! DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD MAKES YOU AN ENEMY OF GOD? I SAY IT AGAIN: IF YOU WANT TO BE A FRIEND OF THE WORLD, YOU MAKE YOURSELF AN ENEMY OF GOD" (James 4:4 NLT).
READ: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
What do you have in common with the fornicators? What are you doing in their company? If you claimed to be truly saved, you should be uncomfortable in their midst (2 Corinthians 6:14-18).
God will hold you responsible for their souls, If they perish. You are a watchman, assigned to tell the people around you about the danger of hell fire.
What are you doing about it?:
8 IF I ANNOUNCE THAT SOME WICKED PEOPLE ARE SURE TO DIE AND YOU FAIL TO TELL THEM TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS, THEN THEY WILL DIE IN THEIR SINS, AND I WILL HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DEATHS.
9 BUT IF YOU WARN THEM TO REPENT AND THEY DON'T REPENT, THEY WILL DIE IN THEIR SINS, BUT YOU WILL HAVE SAVED YOURSELF" (Ezekiel 33:8,9 (NLT).

• You will not be held accountable for the destruction of those you supposed to witness to, in Jesus' name.

Should there be any ailment in your body, I declare your healing now in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Peace!

STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, Thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. Ask that He will write your name in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).

If you took the steps As highlighted above, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever they are doing there. Peace!