SCRIPTURE
“I also withheld rain from you... So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water, But they were not satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the Lord.
Amos 4:7,9
OBSERVATION
Here God is using natural disasters to reveal sin; yet, He expresses His anguish of the people not returning to him. He reveals Himself to them in a vulnerable and seeking way that they would return. Yet, they seek out other refuges to feed their thirst. What incredible love God gives them!
APPLICATION
When God reveals my sin, do I seek out another refuge to feed my thirst? I can hear my self rationalizing that it isn’t serious sin so this little side step of living life without God is really OK, Right? Honestly, I have heard God in a still small voice tell me to ”return to Me“ when I have put Him on hold while I feed my thirst of self-centeredness, selfishness, laziness, sorrow. And, it has been scary where I was headed. How do we thank a God that is so faithful He never leaves us ”alone“?
PRAYER
Lord, please continue to keep me on the straight and narrow. Forgive me for looking to satisfy my thirst elsewhere and never, never give up on me. The bread of my life is you and you alone. Your ”return to Me“ saves my life.
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