June 2, 2022: Day 117 – Amos 1-5 and Psalm 25

In Amos we find the words of the prophet who is a shepherd of Tekoa.  He rebukes and gives warning to the surrounding nations around Israel and Judah.  But then he launches into similar warnings for both Judah and Israel and reminds them why God is so upset with them.  He sent plagues in Egypt so that they could be freed, but they still turned their back on God.  As a result they will have the same plagues descend on them as well.  

We also see a reference to the day of the Lord, similar to what was described in Joel, but it is called a day of darkness and not light.  Amos lifts up this day as a day that the Lord will not accept the offerings that are given to them.  There does not seem to be much help in the horizon for the people of God becuse they have consistently turned their back on God.

Psalm 25 emphasizes quite the opposite, the trust that we have in God because God has been faithful in all things.  The first line is a line of a VBS song that we sing every time that we go to Italy: “To you, O Lord,  I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O God.”  Our trust in God is necessary in order for the love of God to have an impact on our lives.