Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.” Amos 7:10 – What we have here is an idolatrous priest speaking lies to a wicked king of Israel about a faithful prophet of the Lord. Amos was called out from being a shepherd to proclaim God’s message to God’s people. Yet as we’ve seen throughout our study of the different prophets, rarely do God’s people embrace God’s message with acceptance. Amaziah, the idolatrous priest, tells the kings that the words of Amos are just too much for the people to handle and Amos needs to be silenced. Sadly, the truth can seem too much to handle when one is deep within sin. No one enjoys being told they are doing something wrong, and no one enjoys hearing the consequences attached to their wrongs. We would rather just be told that whatever we want to do, if it feels right to us and makes us happy, that its acceptance for us to go after. Nothing is wrong and nothing has consequences; that’s a message we’re able to handle easily. We know though this isn’t the truth, and while difficult to share and difficult to embrace concerning our own sin, we must be willing to speak the message that is hard to bear. God has outlined for us things that are not acceptable to do in this life, and if we do them there are consequences. We can choose to disagree with scripture, but that doesn’t change the fact they are still wrong and they still have consequences. You can choose to believe the fire won’t burn you when you touch it, but it still will burn you. God’s word will remain true, and while hard to bear sometimes when it comes to the things we want to do but hear is wrong, make the wise choice to agree with the Lord for He has His purposes why He labels things right and wrong. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3295
Question To Ponder: Why would God say something is wrong?
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