In this text, we see another strange vision in the Book of Ezekiel where God commands Ezekiel to eat the scroll of God's word. The word of God being fed to Ezekiel means that he is prepared as one uniquely equipped to represent God's message to his people. He is to fully absorb and digest the word of God—make it his own by abiding so closely to it and embodying the word of God. By ingesting the scroll with God's word on it on both the front and back of the scroll, God calls us to accept the perfect and complete word of God without adding our own personal agenda to it.

The idea of a relative truth and "you do you, and I'll do me" and "my truth; your truth" has really given birth to a shakeable and not-so-solid, foundationless culture. This leads to greater anxiety, hopelessness, and aimless living.

To have unwavering, objective truth is the best thing for humanity. This isn't God being insensitive to our needs or being tyrannical. On the contrary, this is the God of justice being adamantly sure about the foundations of what allows humans to thrive and flourish. Can we trust in God's word and live by it as Ezekiel was called to do so?