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Throughout history, God has chosen ordinary people to deliver powerful messages to His people, urging them to return to His ways. Amos, an Old Testament prophet, was one such man. His message was clear: “Seek the Lord and live, or a consuming fire will fall on the house of Joseph” (Amos 5:6). At that time, the people had grown distant from God.
Despite their prosperous lives, full of abundance and success, they no longer sought His presence. Their hearts had wandered, and worship had become irrelevant in their contented world.
God, in His boundless love and patience, continued to call them back through Amos. His desire has always been to save those who call upon His name—”Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Joel 2:32).
Yet, His warnings were not to be taken lightly. Even though He “does not want anyone to perish, but all to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9), He cautioned that there may come a time when hearing His Word would no longer be an option.
In Amos 8:11-12, the Lord declares, “The days are coming when I will send a famine through the land—not a famine of food or thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. People will stagger from sea to sea, and from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.“
When we are exposed to God’s Word, the door to transformation is open wide. It is an opportunity for us to respond, to draw near, and to deepen our relationship with our Heavenly Father. But when we reject His Word, we begin to close that door, and the chance to respond fades. Our hearts harden, and the opportunity slips away.
Today, we are blessed with unprecedented access to God’s Word. Despite the pressures of living in a world that prioritises indulgence and self-interest, we have the freedom to gather, worship, and absorb the truth of God’s teachings. The Word of God is readily available in countless forms, but this abundance has, in many ways, caused us to take it for granted.
In the midst of our abundance, complacency can quietly take root. We may find ourselves no longer treasuring His Word as we once did. But what would happen if His Word was taken from us? What if no one could speak it or hear it? What if we searched for His truth and could not find it?
God loves us deeply. He longs for “all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4). His desire is that we be transformed, “conformed to the image of His Son” (Romans 8:29). Today, He is still calling us to pursue a deeper and more intimate relationship with Him.
Let us not waste this incredible opportunity. Let us hunger for His Word, receive it with open hearts, and respond to His call with faithful obedience. Now is the time to shake off complacency, to cherish the gift we have been given, and to rejoice in the fact that we do not yet live in a time of silence—a famine of hearing.
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