Passage
Amos 7:1-9 (ESV)
God Accepts Those Who Fear Him
Acts 10:17-35
Key Verse: 10:34
Three Visions from the Lord
Date: Aug. 23, 2014
Daily Bread
Key Verse: 7:8
First, the two initial visions revealed complete destruction (1-6). When locusts and fire ravaged the land, the destruction was so thorough that nothing and no one could stand. All things of worth were laid bare. Amos prayed that God would have mercy and in response, God relented. God has opened our eyes to see his wrath and mercy. Believers today can be proactive and pray.
Second, the third vision of the plumb line (7-9). A plumb line is a builder's tool. A wall constructed along a plumb line is straight and strong. The spiritual plumb line is God's word. Israel should have built the nation according to God's plumb line. But they chose differently. Their plumb line was of this world. The nation was crooked and about to topple. Unless they repented, they would be met with destruction. God forgives us of our crookedness and recreates "straight walls" when we repent and believe.
Prayer: Lord, I fail to measure up to the plumb line of your word. But I come to you to be made straight.
One Word: Crooked, but straightened by the Lord
