“Behold the days come, saith the Lord God,
that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for
water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.” Amos
8:11
Amos
is an ordinary farmer God uses in a great way warning Israel of their fall to
Assyria. Amos gives a stirring call for Godliness in our daily living allowing
Christ to be displayed. In ch. 8, verse 1: we see a fourth vision “basket of
fruit” illustrating Israel being ripe for destruction. Ever heard the saying “green and growing or
ripe and rotten” this is Israel’s situation and Amos’ warning to use in vs 11. Amos
warns of a famine beyond the physical, one that is more destructive to our well-being
than a lack of food (Mt 4:4 “man shall
not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God.”). Man is prone to avoid the
word of God while seeking wisdom for survival elsewhere. The absence of God’s word and the power it
possesses through the Holy Spirit works just like physical, slowly robs you of
nutrients needed to keep you healthy. Causing
you to binge on artificial nutrients to sustain you, all the while you’re
breaking down Internally and Eternally.
And with it our faith slowly weakens and falters, because faith comes
from hearing, and hearing through the word (Rom 10:17). The greatest why for
you to hear the voice of God is with your eyes, but first you might need to
turn down the volume of the world to do so. Don’t blame God for being silent if
you haven’t opened your bible.
Cautious:
the word listen contains the same letters as silent!
HSAY
… Todd
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