Passage
Amos 9:1-15 (ESV)
The Church in Antioch
Acts 11:19-30
Key Verse: 11:26
God is the God of Justice and Hope
Date: Aug. 26, 2014
Daily Bread
Key Verse: 9:11
“In that day I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
First, the Lord's eyes were focused on his people (1-10). The Lord stood near announcing a judgment which no one could escape. Yet people, instead of repenting, were deceived into thinking they could escape God's wrath. People cannot hide behind anything. It was time to willingly surrender their hearts to the Lord. But they did not. How true it is that sometimes we can be our own worst enemies.
Second, God's heart was still hoping (11-15). It was God's plan all along to call a people who were not his people and work through the rejected people of this world (12). He wanted to call the Gentiles to be his people and his servants. There is an image of peace, security, happiness, and contentment here. This is our great hope...the glorious hope of the kingdom of God! It has been God's plan all along that the kingdom may come on earth as it is in heaven. We can experience the kingdom of God even now.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for the security of the Kingdom of God. You are my rock and my salvation. I can have peace and joy living in you, for you are my God.
One Word: God judges but he also hopes
