Seek Good, Not Evil

Good morning 🌅

This morning’s word from the Bible… 📖

Amos 5:14.
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“Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. Then the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.”
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I believe this is a very important word for us today as well…
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Every day, we hear news about a society drifting into wrongdoing… 😨
Plans to prepare for war that I consider foolish… 😨
They cause great anxiety among many people.
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In Amos 7:14–15, Amos answers Amaziah:
“I was not a prophet, nor did I belong to a company of prophets. I was a shepherd and grew sycamore figs.
But the LORD took me from following the flock and said, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’”
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There were other prophets at that time, but perhaps God saw that something was lacking… 🤔
Perhaps that is why He called Amos, a shepherd❗️
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Even though the nation was prospering, the people of Israel had turned away from the true God, and Amos brought them a warning ⚠️
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I see a resemblance to the moral decline in Japanese society today❗️
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Japan needs people like Amos today.
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Christians willing to say, “Prepare to meet your God,” and to intercede in prayer for this country❗️
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Exodus 36:2.
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“Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD had given wisdom—everyone whose heart stirred them to come and do the work.”
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God works through people like these.
Shalom 😃

This English page translates the Japanese Morning Word provided by At Home Church Okinawa. The Scripture quotations here are English renderings of the Japanese source, not a separately verified Bible edition.