DEEPER LIFE DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL
DIVINE WRATH
5TH ,APRIL 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 31-35
TEXT: Amos 8:1-10
1 Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit.
2 And
He said, “Amos, what do you see?” So I said, “A basket of
summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me: “The end has
come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them
anymore.
3 And the songs of the temple Shall be wailing
in that day,” Says the Lord God— “Many dead bodies
everywhere, They shall be thrown out in silence.”
4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail,
5 Saying:
“When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the
Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the
shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit,
6 That we
may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of
sandals— Even sell the bad wheat?”
7 The Lord has
sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget
any of their works.
8 Shall the land not tremble for this,
And everyone mourn who dwells in it? All of it shall swell like the
River, Heave and subside Like the River of Egypt.
9 “And
it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God, “That
I will make the sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth
in broad daylight;
10 I will turn your feasts
into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation; I will bring
sackcloth on every waist, And baldness on every head; I will make it
like mourning for an only son, And its end like a bitter day.
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KEY VERSE: Amos 8:2
“And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.”
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Rejecting God has grave consequences.
THE MESSAGE:
A critical review and analysis of the state of things in the world right now reveals that all is not well with humanity. We do not need to look too far to realise this. The signs are there for all to see. We have the global problem of insecurity right now. Religious and sectarian violence take place everywhere with many losing their lives.
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The Lord communicated through Amos His intention to wreck similar havoc in Israel, since they had already asked His prophets to leave and not prophesy in their cities. He equally condemned the oppression of the poor, the human trafficking and slavery that took place as the land sunk into anarchy. He promised to allow a famine to devastate the land and leave behind so many dead bodies that would be buried in silence. Their feasts would then be turned into mourning as a season of spiritual darkness sets in.
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The world, like in the days of Amos, has turned her back on God and readily accepts sin with both hands. Children and youths are exposed to immorality and violence every day through the media and the internet. They benefit from the latest technology and developments in science, but do not understand their duties to God and humanity because the reading/study of His word is shut out of many schools.
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We would rather have our 5-year olds taught about evolution and how marriage is no longer a union of a man and a woman. We are free to love anyone or anything, including animals and trees. All these would attract God’s wrath unless we repent.
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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