Seek The Lord And Live

He made the Pleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
And makes the day dark as night;
He calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
The LORD is His name.   Amos 5:8

The Lord issued a call to the house of Israel: "Seek Me and live." (v4). It seems that Israel had some problems in the Lord's view, including turning justice to wormwood and burying righteousness in the earth (v7). Reading Matthew 27 shows us the fulfillment of that prophecy as the chief priests and elders of Israel worked out that very thing on God's Son. In our verse for today, Amos shares with Israel some of who God is and His capabilities. Reading this verse, it would not seem wise to bring injustice to His Son and then bury Him in the earth, but they did. And yet, the invitation from the Lord goes out through His prophet: Seek the Lord and live (v6). If Israel can do that to God's Son and still receive that invitation, we too are invited to seek the Lord and live in spite of what we may have done in our sin.

Have a great day in Christ the Lord!

Bucky