Friday – Prophets

Reading – Amos 1-2

Highlight Verses:

“They trample helpless people in the dust and shove the oppressed out of the way. Both father and son sleep with the same woman, corrupting my holy name. At their religious festivals, they lounge in clothing their debtors put up as security. In the house of their gods, they drink wine bought with unjust fines.”
‭‭Amos‬ ‭2‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Amos dives right in with very succinct accusations against the nations surrounding Israel.

Those accusations center around violence.

Then there’s the simple accusation against Judah.

Judah ignored God’s instructions.

Finally comes Israel.

And the list is long and sad.

And it is centered around selfishness.

Yes, there is one accusation about lust but that is another form of selfishness.

I can safely say that I don’t struggle with any of the same sins Israel is accused of.

But I certainly have my selfish moments.

I let others do what I could have done.

I remain silent when requests for help go out.

I spend money on myself when others could benefit from it.

None of us is perfect, but we should all strive to serve each other, especially those who are unable to help themselves.

What are ways that we can live out selflessness in our day to day lives?
What else about today’s reading stood out to you?