Amos 7:7-15 Then the Lord said, 'Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of My people Israel; I will never again pass by them; the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.' Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, 'Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said, 'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.' And Amaziah said to Amos, 'O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there, but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.' Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, 'I was no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. But the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'

Moody, I think, beyond any man of his day; but it made no difference how much God used him, he never was puffed up. One day, speaking to me of a great New York preacher, now dead, Mr. Moody said: 'He once did a very foolish thing, the most foolish thing that I ever knew a man, ordinarily so wise as he was, to do. 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. https://ssnew.amebaownd.com/posts/22857183. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Amos the prophet is in a difficult spot. God has sent him to warn Israel that they are about to face major judgment. They have set up idols and loved and worshipped them, instead of following the real God who made and saved them.
So picture Amos, standing right there in Bethel where Jeroboam first set up his idols, saying all these things God has sent him to say. It isn't easy. It isn't safe. The king has ears everywhere, and Amos could wind up in jail or dead.
Amaziah the priest comes to tell him this. 'Just take your prophesying somewhere else,' he says. 'I'm sure the land of Judah would love to have you, and you could make a good living. And it would be safer.'
But Amos sets him straight. 'I'm not a professional prophet,' he says. 'I'm not trying to make a career for myself. I'm here for one reason only—because God commanded me to be here.'
Now that's awkward. Amos isn't an idol worshipper. He doesn't put anything before the Lord—not his career, not his safety, not even his own life. And that puts him in direct conflict with the leaders of Israel, who are idol worshippers.
There will be times in your life when you stand where Amos stood. As a follower of Jesus Christ, you put Him first—the One who loved you and laid down His life for you. But that will bring you into conflict with others around you—those who are still chasing glory, or power, or money, or safety. It will be scary.
What can you do? Only one thing, the same thing Amos did. Keep your eyes on the Lord. Remember the one who saved you—who died and rose again to make you a child of God. Let Him draw you near to Him and keep you close. Like Amos, you may be nothing more than a herdsman or a gardener, but you are God's. And through you, He can do great things.
THE PRAYER: Lord, make me faithful to You, even when I'm afraid. Amen.
This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Kari Vo.
Reflection Questions:
1. How much do you worry about your own safety?
2. Have you ever been pressured to do something different than what God wanted?
3. How did God get you through that time?

Today's Bible Readings: 1 Kings 21-22Acts 14

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God Is Not God's Name

God is not God's name. That's right. The God of the universe has a name, but 'God' isn't it. 'God' is what God is. 'Human being' is not your name, 'Human being' is what you are. You also have a name. Whether it is 'Barbara' or 'Ken' or 'Tom' or 'Debbie', you have your own personal name. So does God.

'And what is God's name?' Glad you asked. This writing will help you to recognize the answer.

Before we get too deep into things, here are some hints to get you started. You already know God's name. Oh, yes, there are many, many names people have given to God, but He/She picked one and only one for Him/Herself. God's Real name is the same for all people everywhere. It matters not at all which religion or cultural heritage you are from! Truth transcends all boundaries we seek to erect. And no matter who you are or where you are from, you have known this Name from the day your mind first began to awake. You see it and hear it each and every day.

The problem with God is not that He's so far away that we can't see Him. Rather, He is so close that we overlook Him. Our quest for God is just like fish in search of water. So don't be surprised if you start to recognize God's name everywhere.

Helping you do that is the purpose of this writing.

But God's Real name is not in this document! How's that for strange? Most of this document is about God's personal name, which reveals His Real name, but God's Real name can't be written down in any book.

And that's all the introduction you get.

In the Judeo-Christian-Islamic religious/cultural tradition, spanning several millennia and the vast majority of the western world, there is only one acknowledged personal name for God. There are many descriptions (the almighty, the beneficent, etc) but only one personal name of God. The Islamic tradition speaks of the '100 names of Allah', but these are actually titles. The word 'Allah' is Arabic for 'God', which is English for the Hebrew word 'Elohim'.

In the entire world's religions there is no revelation or rationalization of God as clear and powerful as the Name that He spoke to Moses. And this personal name is directly related to God's Real name.

In short, the Name God revealed to Moses is the most powerful religious truth in the world, a huge canopy under which all other religions and truths reside.

So enough already! What is this name?

Well, Moses asked the same question. You can find this in the Bible, in the Third chapter of Exodus.

1 Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro His father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and He led the flock to the west side of the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
2 And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and He looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.
3 So Moses said, 'I must turn aside now, and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.'
4 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush, and said, 'Moses, Moses!' And Moses said, 'Here I am.'
5 Then God said, 'Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.'
6 He said also, 'I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Issac, and the God of Jacob.' Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
7 And the Lord said, 'I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.
8 'So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perrizite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
9 And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
10 Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring my people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.'
11 But Moses said to God, 'Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?'
12 And He said, 'Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain.'
13 Then Moses said to God, 'Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I shall say to them, `The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, `What is His name?' Wha

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