Ezekiel 3:1

Eat this roll. Perhaps a slight hesitation on the part of Ezekiel called for a repetition of the command (see ch. 2:8). But the lesson intended required dramatic illustration. It was not for the prophet to choose his own message. His meat must be to do the will of Him who sent him and to proclaim His message (see John 4:34). Inspiration is more than the subjective purifying and stimulating of mental powers. There is an external, objective impartation of facts.

The lesson is also for the student of the Word. He must receive the Bible as sent to him. Men do not create divine truth. It is discovered from the Bible. The message must be personally appropriated, internally consumed. The truths must become a part of the life and character. This is the means by which men become in every sense new creatures.