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Amos 7 Devotional

The Prophet Who Pleaded

“So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.”Amos 7:3 (BSB)

In the first vision, Amos sees locusts stripping the land, and he pleads with God to forgive, because Jacob is so small. The LORD relents (7:1-3). In the second, a fire consumes the great deep, Amos pleads again, and again the LORD relents (7:4-6). Then comes a third vision: the Lord standing by a wall with a plumb line in his hand. He is measuring his people, and this time he will not spare them (7:7-9).

Amaziah the priest of Bethel accuses Amos of conspiracy and tells him to go back to Judah and stay away from the king's sanctuary (7:10-13). Amos replies that he was not a professional prophet but a herdsman and tender of fig trees, until the LORD took him from the flock and sent him (7:14-15). God hears intercession, and he also speaks a word no sanctuary can silence. Hebrews says Jesus always lives to intercede for those who draw near to God through him (Hebrews 7:25). That is reason enough to keep praying for others.

To think about: Who could you plead with God for today, trusting that he truly listens to intercession?

About Amos 7: Three Visions and Amaziah's Opposition

Amos sees visions of locusts and of fire and pleads for Israel, and the LORD holds back both judgments. A third vision of a plumb line shows that God will hold back no longer. Amaziah, priest of Bethel, accuses Amos of conspiracy and orders him out, and Amos answers with his call from herding and a judgment on Amaziah.

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