The Word of the Lord

Scripture:

Amos 8:12 "Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the Word of the Lord, but they will not find it."

Observation:

Amos is prophesying about Israel. They had neglected the word of the Lord for so many years that God declared He would send a drought of hearing the word of the Lord. It was considered a punishment on Israel. God was saying how He would banish them from their land as exiles, that they would be defeated on every hand, and that the terrible things were coming because of their disobedience. Not hearing the word of the Lord was one of those punishments.

Application:

We are so honored to have Bibles everywhere in America. You can find a bible anywhere and most of us probably have several of them, yet they are not getting used enough. We have the word of the Lord, yet don't read it. We have become self reliant and act like we don't need the word of the Lord. If God's word was taken away from us, how much would we miss it? Do we properly honor the Word of the Lord? We must honor the word of the Lord and treasure it. It could be taken away!

Prayer:

Father, Let Your Word be alive to Your people. May we begin to read, listen to , and apply your word in our lives. Let me hunger and thirst for Your word. Teach me to dig through it like digging for treasure. Your Word is amazing and I thank You for allowing us to have it in written form. Show me more in Your Word. I want to go deeper.

Jeff