For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and
live; But do not seek Bethel, Nor enter Gilgal, Nor pass over to Beersheba; For
Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Bethel shall come to nothing. Seek
the LORD and live, Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And
devour it, - Amos 5v4-6
The
immediate application of this passage of course is for the people of Israel
facing sure death and destruction. God had already poured out all that He was
going to do. The context was what we saw yesterday. Turn to God and choose
life. Or choose the way you are going and die.
But there is
another meaning here. God was speaking to His people. They had become convinced
that the way to live was to live the way the world did. They were convinced
that they should pursue the physical instead of spiritual. They thought maybe
they could be restored if they went back to physical Bethel like their forefathers
had. But there was no hope there. God told them if they really wanted to live life they needed to seek and return to Him.
Jesus is the
way, the truth, and the life. Perhaps it is time we really start living by
seeking the Lord and His ways instead of being so enamoured with the empty
stuff that seems so important to us every day.
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