Sometimes when I open the Bible, I feel at a loss as to what
could be relevant to my today in these words.
Especially, when I open to books like Amos in the OT. By faith I read on, with the prayer,’ may I have
eyes to see, ears to hear, heart to receive, mind to perceive, soul to fill,
and strength to heed my Lord and praise be my God’ Amazingly God always replies with a peace
beyond understanding… and His relevance of His Word to our today’s. Do believe the passion in me to illustrate
God’s Word as the Living Word of God relevant to every breath we take in our
today’s, struggles to find that truth in some of the harsh scriptures of the
OT. These must never be taken out of
context, and we also must never forget that God is NOT DONE YET. Godspeed remains. I share with you today’s quiet time, and how
the OT, found its way to be a peace for today… God always answers our prayers,
HIS way- Godspeed indeed:
Bible this
morn open at Amos 1:1-2:16. What he saw
concerning Israel 2 years before the earth quake. “Judgment of Israel’s neighbors” and on through
‘Judgment on Israel’ CH3 “Witnesses Summoned Against Israel” 3:7 Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
without revealing His plan to His servants and prophets. 8 The lion has roared—who
will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken—who can not prophesy?
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Noting- 3:3-6 notes rhetorical questions.
Amos builds up to the statements of vv7-8 to explain why he is speaking
such terrifying words. EACH picture
cause and effect, using figures drawn from daily life—and culminating in Divine
action (v.6)
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This- these-
therefore, how these O.T. prophesies are
our LIVING Word today?
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God”
V13 He who
forms the mountains, creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, He who
turns dawn to darkness, and treds the High Places of the earth—The LORD God
Almighty is His Name.
CH5 “A
Lament & Call to Repentance” In part from Chapter…
This is what
The Sovereign Lord Says:…
“Seek Me and
Live,…”
“Seek The
Lord & live,…”
…7,10,…
…Therefore
the prudent man keeps quiet in such times, for the times are evil
Seek Good
not evil
That you may
live
The Lord Almighty
will be with you,
Just as He
says He is.
Hate evil,
love good; maintain justice in the courts.
…”I HATE, I
DESPISE your religious feasts….”
“…But let
justice roll on like a river righteousness like a never-failing stream!”…
CH6
Woe to the complacent” (how continues through the book, and will read on from)
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In these God
directly addresses Israel with the charge of unfaithfulness. Summarizing and rejecting the current
practice of religion in Israel. The institutions
were not wrong in themselves; it was the worshippers and the way s they
worshipped that were wrong. The people
had no basis on which to come to God, because their conduct reflected
disobedience.
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Faith and TRUST in God Almighty is NOT about Religion—
Perhaps, that
is the “LIVING” WORD to take from these harsh judgments chapters of the prophet
Amos. Also in these are the
foreshadowing seen in “The Day Of The Lord’ v18-27.
The simplicity
of the TRUTH of God is in the two choices we have to make in this life. LOVE
MUST be sincere. (Rom 12:9. See context vv9-21) These N.T. passages reflect
Amos O.T. prophesy here, and Isaiah’s.
Our call
from then, OT to NT, today and forever remains simple—
“Love The
Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and spirit. And the second is
like it. Love your neighbor as yourself’
We are NOT
to turn the Truth of God into ‘our’ way—therefore ‘our’ religion as fits Gods
ways into ‘ours.’
Cause and
effects from our daily lives – culminate ‘our’ divine action applied. ACTUALLY we apply it by ‘our’ choices.
GOD is GOOD—in
Him there is NO darkness at ALL. God is
LIGHT, in Him there is NO darkness at all.
Every time we choose to step into the dark, we choose to step away from
God’s light. His love remains. We need to choose to live in it. It’s our choice. That is how Sovereign our God is! He gives to us an indescribable GIFT. We though must choose to accept it—and to
keep it by abiding in it.
Whenever i having
feelings like darkness is consuming the way,
the a choice to not stay there alone may be made. All have this choice. No prejudice or
judging. Simply a Call on Jesus- He is our light, Gods light as our Emmanuel- GOD with US—in our
hearts may indeed be the light of the knowledge of the glory of God as found in
the face of Christ (words inspired by life verse 2 Cor 4:6)
Be careful
how I choose to live… is Gods LIVING Word from the OT judgments this morn. For not one letter of the law has been
removed—our indescribable gift, thank God, comes with a blanket—GRACE.
Jesus our
sacrifice, for what we could never overcome alone. God; knows, loves, cares, will NEVER desert
us or leave us alone. He will always
show us the way out. IF, we choose to
stay in the dark— that is our choice.
God can LOVE
you while there, but He can NEVER join you there. The light can ONLY dispel the dark. It can not have any union with it. Physics impossibility is a life impossibility
too. The God News, GOOD News remains no
matter what we choose. TRUTH remains absolute
TRUTH whether we choose to believe it or not.
Its NOT about religion!!!!! Its about LOVE. God so loved… He gave… That NONE shall
perish.
NEVER ALONE
‘Seek Me and
live…’
Gods LIVING
Word—God breathed to be our breath of life—for all eternity blanketed by His
GRACE LOVE & FELLOWSHIP
Triune of
God; Son, Father, Holy Spirit equals Emmanuel—God with us our choice in Jesus’
name.
For it is in
Jesus’ name The ‘Amen’ is spoken which means ‘it is done’. Amen and Amen- Godspeed.
The prayer;
Thank You
God for reeling me back to see Your Divine nature, reality, truth, love… way.
Thank YOU
for Your indescribable Gift of life through Jesus Christ in Your NEVER ending
love, grace and fellowship.
Forgive me
the errors of my ways—specifics NOT written here, but YOU know them on my
heart. Make within me a pure heart O
Lord. Mercifully remove any offensive
ways in me.
Guide my way
to meet You where You are and Your call on this heart. Be my wisdom and discernment and ability to
apply it to Your gifts and talents given in a manner that they multiply TENFOLD
for Your Honor and Glory. Show me each
baby step even to take God, holding my hand.
God- may
Your exceedingly more than I dare imagine—be my continued way. Therefore- by faith – NOT sight… abide in it
--- then Your Truth shall even set me free… ALL free that abide there. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.
Thank YOU
for Your LIVING WORD, God breathed and relevant to EVERY breath we take in our
Today’s – Godspeed.
