As I read this chapter it scares me to death and I believe it should give everyone a healthy fear and repentful heart towards God. This whole chapter shows what God hates and what God will not allow his people to be, and that is complacent and comfortable without mourning and repentance. When he is talking to his chosen people we should always imagine this message as a warning for ourselves as Christians. It is a warning to not take the gifts of God in vain. Living in America we have been blessed by God and the comfort we have comes from him. It is easy to look at our surroundings and take all of the credit for everything we have and have accomplished. It is also easy once we get comfortable in life to sit back and smell the roses and never give back to our community and world that is broken and deteriorating before our very eyes. We tend to separate ourselves from the broken and hurting because we enjoy being comfortable and not worrying but God calls us to do more than just obtain wealth and die. We should always stay hungry and do whatever means necessary to not fall into this comfortable and complacent category to God. It should be our prayer today for God to give us eyes and hearts that see and want the same things for this world that he does. We should always pray that God gives us a humble heart and to never think too highly of ourselves. Everyone is a sinner in need of a savior. From the richest man to the poorest man we all need God’s saving grace and mercy. Love y’all! Have a great day!
Amos 6:1-14
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“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria — the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to. Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours? You dismiss any thought of the evil day and bring in a reign of violence. They lie on beds inlaid with ivory, sprawled out on their couches, and dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. They improvise songs to the sound of the harp and invent their own musical instruments like David. They drink wine by the bowlful and anoint themselves with the finest oils but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph. Therefore, they will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and the feasting of those who sprawl out will come to an end. The Lord God has sworn by himself — this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Armies: I loathe Jacob’s pride and hate his citadels, so I will hand over the city and everything in it. And if there are ten men left in one house, they will die. A close relative and burner , will remove his corpse from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, “Any more with you? ” That person will reply, “None.” Then he will say, “Silence, because the Lord’s name must not be invoked.” For the Lord commands: The large house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble. Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does anyone plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood — you who rejoice over Lo-debar and say, “Didn’t we capture Karnaim for ourselves by our own strength? ” But look, I am raising up a nation against you, house of Israel — this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Armies — and they will oppress you from the entrance of Hamath , to the Brook of the Arabah.
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