Seek the Lord and live Amos 5:6
I remember watching a well known murder trial a few months ago. It was one of those where you couldn't help but become emotionally invested in the need for justice. My interest wasn't so much about the drama surrounding the courtroom as it was wanting to see the victim's family receive a fair minded end to their nightmare.
Such is the case in the book of Amos as he speaks prophetically to the children of Israel. The state of the nation had gone terribly awry from the way that God had originally intended. He had clearly laid out expectations for how others were to be treated in Exodus 19. But immorality had settled in and the poor were mistreated, people were sold and sexual immorality was pervasive in their land.
And as a prophet of God Amos was on a mission for justice and righteousness.
He called for repentance and a return to all that is Godly in character. In chapter five he tells of the day of judgement that is coming and warns the people that the day of the Lord will be one of darkness and not light. There in the midst of evil he encourages the people to seek the Lord and live. Amos 5:6
Seek the Lord and live. That's the only way to ever really live.
Amos is seemingly calling God's people to a higher calling not because of any selfish concerns (I'm sure it wasn't favorable to deliver such messages in his day) but because our God is Holy. He wants all that is right for all of His people. He is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. (Luke 13)
It's still the same way for us today if we will indeed seek the Lord and live as Amos challenged the Israelites to so many years ago. Those who truly know and love the Lord as Savior will not only wait for the fair end that is coming, we will also seek the Lord and live in the in between.
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