Amos 4: 13
He who creates the wind … the Lord Almighty
is His name.
The prophet
Amos reminded the people of Israel who had been dispersed and have also gone
into captivity. In fact they had suffered under the judgement of God and in spite
of all their sufferings the people were not drawn back to God.
God had
called them the stiff necked people. This is not only about the Jews though I
have met them in Israel and had found them to be stubbornly against the Saviour,
Jesus Christ. While I had conversations with them I have found them to be very
stubborn and resistant to the gospel.
In this
instance, Amos reminded the Jews that the Lord God over Israel is the one and
only true God who created the whole universe. In fact everything that exists is
created by God who is unseen like the wind. We can feel the effects of the wind
but we can never see the actual wind. The hurricanes and cyclones are powerful
and destructive, we can only see the effects of its power but for the wind, we
cannot see it.
Amos is
reminding the people of such a God who is mightier than the strongest hurricane
or cyclone, in fact He is the God who created such powerful forces and He is
above all these. Amos reminded the people that the almighty is the One and only
True God. There is no one like Him and there is no other who can compare to
Him.
This is also
a timely reminder to us who God really is. The God we worship is never
changing, He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and today He is also our
God.
Let us remember
this and let us revere and honour Him and worship Him in spirit and in truth.
No comments:
Post a Comment