We Need Your Word (Amos 8:11)

In the United States, we are blessed and most fortunate to have immediate access to God’s Word, the Bible. There is no excuse for not reading the Bible. Nearly every hotel room, bookstore, and department store carries a copy of the entire Bible or selected readings. It is available but sometimes taken for granted. There are millions of people in the world who are craving to read and/or hear God’s Word. But access to the Bible is hindered by oppressive governments or competing religions.

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “when I will send a famine on the land —not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.”
Amos 8:11

God, through the prophet Amos, passed judgment upon the nation of Israel for rejecting the words of the prophets that were sent by God. Israel had hundreds of years to repent but continued to reject God’s commands. Finally, God allowed Israel to be captured, destroyed and taken into Assyrian captivity. And although the people desperately sought the Word of God, it was not to be found. God had sent a famine of hearing His Word by delivering Israel into captivity.

God does not want us to take His Word for granted. He has given us the Bible to learn who Jesus Christ is. We have no excuse to not pick it up and read it. God desires for all us to confess our sins, repent, and accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.

Amen!

Love and trust the Lord; seek His will in your life.