Watchman is a term used to a person
who takes care of a building or property, mostly at night. Why he is there is
to keep the property or building safe from any outside attacks.
I have seen people who own
apartments and are staying away from the place giving extra money to the
watchman to take care of their premises on their absence. Since I am staying
near to an airport and Aeronautical companies, I can see lots of watchmen
placed in different places near the compound. They will be standing and seeing
everywhere in a higher place, that when we go through our roads, we can see
them. They are there to give alarm to the company if any outside interference happens
inside the compound. In short, they are there to keep the people who are working
inside safe.
Almighty God compares his servant as
a watchman. That means the protection of the people depends on how careful the
pastor or the evangelist is. The salvation of the people depends on how the
watchman’s work is according to the Holy Spirit. Watchman should understand the
words from Holy Spirit and should have compassion to let the people know about
their salvation. It is the duty of the watchman to bring souls to the presence
of God.
“For
there will be a day when watchmen on the hills of Ephraim call out, Arise and
let us go to Zion, To the Lord our God” – Jeremiah 31:6
But the job of watchman is not an
easy one. He should give an account of all the people in his area. In the book
of Ezekiel, God explains it in detail. If the watchman tells the good news to
the people and if they reject it, he will not be counted for their sin and
blood. But on the other way, if he does not tell the news of salvation and if
anyone of the people dies, the watchman will be accountable for the person’s blood
without salvation.
If you are doing the job for God as
a pastor or an evangelist or a Sunday school teacher, kindly read Ezekiel 33 to know how important your
job is with respect to the souls around you. God bless you.
“Son
of man, speak to your people and say to them, When I bring the sword against a
land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their
watchman, and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet
to warn the people, then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the
warning and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their
own head. Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the
warning, their blood will be on their own head. If they had heeded the warning,
they would have saved themselves. But if the watchman sees the sword coming and
does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes
someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I
will hold the watchman accountable for their blood” – Ezekiel 33:2 -6
