December 11th: Can You Hear Me Now?!

by Paul Lewis

Scripture:

Amos 4:12

“Therefore, I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced. Prepare to meet your God in judgement, you people of Israel!”

Observation:

God is ticked off! He’s had it! Five times in this chapter he reminds them of what he has done to punish the Israelites for their sin and rebellion against him, “But still you would not return to me.” (See verses 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)

So now he will bring all of the disasters upon them that he warned them about. It has been horrible up to this point, but they haven’t seen anything yet!

But, our God is a merciful God and wants his people to live. In Amos 5 he declares and repeats, “Come back to me and live!” (see 5:4 and 5:6)

Application:

God will be heard! If we ignore his voice we will face him in judgement. If we turn to him we will live. He makes it clear. It’s an either, or question. Compare that to 1 John 5:12 and 13 where John writes that if we have the Son we have life, and if we don’t, we don’t have life. God wants us to live! He makes it clear throughout the Bible. Choose life!

Prayer:

I’m listening Lord! I want to live. Please help me to stay focused on you and your voice. Amen