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Psalm 116:15, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of
His godly ones.” Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death
of His saints. Ezekiel 33:11, “Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares
the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but
rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back,
turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house
of Israel?’”

The Lord takes no delight in the death of the ungodly. Precious
is my death. What that means is I’m dispensable. He may let
me die so that they may live. He may let me go through a trial
that they may hear. He may allow me to lose a loved one, so
that they can see a response of a Christian.

One more illustration and then I’ll finish. Ezekiel 2:9&10,
“Then I looked, behold, a hand was extended to me; and lo, a
scroll was in it. When He spread it out before me, it was written
on the front and back; and written on it were lamentations,
mourning and woe.” Picture in your mind a hand coming out
of heaven and in that hand is a scroll and it’s written on both
sides and it’s all bad news. It’s lamentations, mourning and
woe.

Ezekiel 3:1, “Then He said to me, ‘Son of man, eat what you
find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” God
says, “Eat it.” That’s hard to swallow! It’s only bad news.
Ezekiel couldn’t do it. Ezekiel 3:2, “So I opened my mouth,
and He fed me this scroll.” Sometimes God will hand down
that north wind with only bad news and He’ll say, “Eat it!” You
say, “I can’t! It’s too hard.” He says, “I’ll feed you.”

Ezekiel 3:3, “And He said to me, ‘Son of man, feed your
stomach, and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving
you.’ Then I ate it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.’”
When he ate it, it became as sweet as honey.

“What shall I say, ‘Deliver me from this hour?’ For this cause
I came to this hour. Father, glorify Thy name.” There is only