Deaf Devo - The Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States for Tuesday, 11 July 2017 "Minor Prophets (4)" Bible Reading: Amos 2:6-16
Amos 2:6 Here is what Adonai says:
“For Isra’el’s three crimes,
no, four — I will not reverse it —
because they sell the upright for silver
and the poor for a pair of shoes,
7 grinding the heads of the poor in the dust
and pushing the lowly out of the way;
father and son sleep with the same girl,
profaning my holy name;
8 lying down beside any altar
on clothes taken in pledge;
drinking wine in the house of their God
bought with fines they imposed.
9 “I destroyed the Emori before them;
though tall as cedars and strong as oaks,
I destroyed their fruit above
and their root below.
10 More than that, I brought you up from Egypt,
led you forty years in the desert,
so that you could have the Emori’s land.
11 I raised up some of your sons to be prophets,
other young men of yours to be n’zirim.
People of Isra’el!
Isn’t that true?” asks Adonai.
12 But you gave the n’zirim wine to drink
and ordered the prophets, ‘Don’t prophesy!’
13 “Enough! I will make all this crush you,
just as a cart overloaded with grain
crushes what’s under it.
14 Even the swift won’t be able to flee;
the strong won’t be able to use their strength,
the warriors won’t save themselves.
15 Archers won’t be able to stand,
the fastest runners won’t save themselves,
those on horses won’t save themselves.
16 On that day even the bravest warriors
will throw off their weapons and flee,” says Adonai.
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Amos was a shepherd from the city of Tekoa. He was probably a poor man. Even though Amos was a poor shepherd, God used him to share what was going to happen to the people of Israel.
The Israelites had done many bad things against God. One of their sins was taking advantage of poor people and oppressing them. In Amos 1:3, God said that he would punish the people for their crimes.
God also said through Amos that He would punish the Philistines and other people who oppressed the Israelites. Throughout both the Old and New Testaments, God says again and again that we should help people who are helpless.
You can help people who are helpless, too. Look for opportunities today to serve others, especially those people who are helpless. Perhaps you can help widows and orphans. God will use you to bless and care for these people.
"The Lord is your God...He defends the widows and orphans. He loves even the strangers living among us. He gives them food and clothes." [Deuteronomy 10:17-18]
PRAYER: Dear God, give me opportunities to serve people in need. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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