"The days
are going to come, declares the Almighty Lord, when I will send a famine
throughout the land. It won't be an ordinary famine of hearing the
words of the Lord. People will wander from sea to sea, and roam from the
north to the east, searching for the Word of the Lord, but thy won't
find it" (Amos 8:11-12). There's a real sadness in these words. People
are looking, and they're not finding. They know they're looking for
something, but they don't know what it is. It is the Word of the Lord.
May God help us to continue speaking the Word of the Lord and looking to
Him to send the blessing.
"I will restore and rebuild My people,
Israel, as they were a long time ago" (Amos 9:11,14). This is not about
good times and bad times. Sometimes, we have good times. Sometimes, we
have bad times. This is about the blessing of God, which comes to us
from the faithfulness of God. We must never forget the Lord. Real
blessing comes from Him. God-given blessing is more than things turning
out all right for us. It's having a real sense that the Lord is with us,
that He's showing us how much He loves us, that He's leading us into a
closer walk with Himself, and that He's leading us to give all the glory
to Him.
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