The Sovereign Lord

Hey guys, I was actually so keen to do this post yesterday night but it didn't happen unfortunately.

If you follow me on twitter, you would have been spammed by tweets of frustration of me misplacing my USB last night.
Yes, I was frantically searching for my USB last night unsuccessfully.

But anyways, even though I'm so behind on this, better done later than not done at all right?

So today is about an awesome passage from Amos 3.

So just a quick run through.

In verse 2, "You only have I chosen, of all the families of the world". It reminds us that we have been given this special privilege of knowing God. Out of the billions of people I the world, God has chosen specifically is for a unique purpose in His plan.

Verses 3-6 is a really nice descriptive piece of writing which really reminds us that everything that happens has it's purpose & nothing ever happens for no reason at all.
In this context, it reminds us that God most definitely doesn't punish someone if they haven't sinned at all. (though you may ask why disasters happen to good people, feel free to send me a message to me about that as I don't want to make his post too long)

Verse 7, is such great reassurance that God has always revealed His plan to us, it's just a matter of fact if we decided to seek it or not.

In the first half of verse 8 - when God punishes, people tremble. It is never something lite. Remember the power He holds.

Now onto a verse that just really compelled me.
"The Sovereign LORD has spoke - who can but prophesy?"
Those are some strong & very truthful words.

Everything God decides on is absolute & exact. It happens.
Are we going to rebel against it & fail or are we going to help carry out His plan according to His will?
This verse just screams into me that GOD IS SOVEREIGN.

Have we ever planned anything & it didn't happen according to plan? I'm sure we've all experienced that at some stage.
Well think about this. Everything God plans happens exactly like how He plans it to be. Is that now total control or not?

What maybe has the Lord spoken into our lives recently?
"Who can but prophesy?"
Remember, He is Sovereign.

I really like the imagery in verse 12.
Though here God is still pronouncing judgement on Israel, He's still using an image of a shepherd, which reassures them that He hasn't abandoned them.

I see the imagery this way. God, the shepherd never deliberately came too late to save the sheep.
But instead, the sheep had wandered too far from the shepherd & as a result the shepherd couldn't find them in trouble in time.

So even though God saves us at he end of the day, how hurt we are depends on how far we stray away from Him.

So just to wrap up.
God has a definitely reason for everything He does. There's no random events with God.
Also, everything God carries out will have it's definite & powerful effects. It's never anything that should be overlooked.
Once again, God has revealed His plan to us, it's just up to us to willingly seek & follow it.
And lastly, we need God. There's no point in running away from Him, we'll just end up hurting ourselves bad & finding ourselves in His arms full of guilt .

Godbless~