Amos 8
HOW LITTLE CAN I DO?

Listen to the questions the Israelites were asking themselves: “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances, that we may buy the poor or silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat?” (Amos 8 v 5 – 6 ESV).

Sometimes I still think I hear echoes of this among believers today – I even do it myself occasionally. When will the service be over so that we can get to the sports game? How long are the readings going to take, because I have ‘homework’ to do? Let’s get the readings done before the great show comes on the television. It might rain tonight, so I think I will give Bible class a miss. I need to work overtime, so I won’t be able to get to the meeting this week. We have probably all done something like this at some stage.

God wants us to love him with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength. That means our whole selves. We need to give him our best before we give ourselves to anything else.

Let’s not skimp on our worship or service to God because our pleasures get in the way. Instead let us put God first in every area of our lives.

May we seek the Lord more and more each day.

With love in our Lord,
Robert

Robert Prins

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