Today’s Thought “Seemingly Immovable” G. Ward

Amos 1:2 He said, “The Lord roars from Zion and from Jerusalem He utters His voice; and the shepherds’ pasture grounds mourn, and the summit of Carmel dries up.”

When grace and mercy desired refuses to have repentance as its precursor, spiritual reprieve remains impossible. The Prophet Amos embarked on a huge assignment amidst an unlimited economic potential for Israel. In other terms, the Walmart of that day had many with intent of retrieving only three items to exit with fifteen. Times were really good. Moreover and like many of today, there were few (Matt.7:13-14) with an unrelenting dependence on their (presumed) Deliverer (*cf. 1 Ti.4:6-10).

Warnings in the same remain practical because we lack soulful reconciliation. The mountains of Carmel (prophesied by Amos) although most formidable with its great mountainous range became a desert; to demonstrate that a failure to submit onto Holy God’s standard will ruin (Ro.14:11).