December 11
Amos 4:1-6:14; Revelation 2:18-3:6; Psalm 130:1-8; Proverbs 29:21-22
Sometimes families and friends out of love for an individual caught in sin and addiction will hold an intervention. They will confront the person with their behavior and challenge them to repent and seek help. The goal is to force the person into a changed life. God often has to do the same thing with us.
In Amos 4 God showed how he had tried to intervene in the lives of the Israelites. He brought about drought, famine, hunger, and disease, and “yet you have not returned to me.” Despite God’s persistent confrontation and intervention, the people chose to only deepen their commitment to sin rather than pursue him. Yet God promised that he would continue to intervene, ultimately bringing about the Day of the Lord.
In the letters to the churches in Revelation, we see God do the same thing. He confronts the church in Thyatira with their tolerance of Jezebel and her practices, and he confronts the church in Sardis with being dead, as we read about God doing yesterday with the previous churches. God is willing to go to great lengths to get our attention and stir our affections for him. So let “he who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Let us heed God’s intervention in our lives and turn away from sin and embrace the hope, love, and redemption that Psalm 130 so beautifully describes.
Father God, thank you that you long to get my attention and draw me to you. Give me ears to hear what you are telling me, so I can experience more of the life that is available through you. Amen.
Question: If God were to hold an intervention for you, what would the issue be and how can you turn this area over to God?
Sometimes families and friends out of love for an individual caught in sin and addiction will hold an intervention. They will confront the person with their behavior and challenge them to repent and seek help. The goal is to force the person into a changed life. God often has to do the same thing with us.
In Amos 4 God showed how he had tried to intervene in the lives of the Israelites. He brought about drought, famine, hunger, and disease, and “yet you have not returned to me.” Despite God’s persistent confrontation and intervention, the people chose to only deepen their commitment to sin rather than pursue him. Yet God promised that he would continue to intervene, ultimately bringing about the Day of the Lord.
In the letters to the churches in Revelation, we see God do the same thing. He confronts the church in Thyatira with their tolerance of Jezebel and her practices, and he confronts the church in Sardis with being dead, as we read about God doing yesterday with the previous churches. God is willing to go to great lengths to get our attention and stir our affections for him. So let “he who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Let us heed God’s intervention in our lives and turn away from sin and embrace the hope, love, and redemption that Psalm 130 so beautifully describes.
Father God, thank you that you long to get my attention and draw me to you. Give me ears to hear what you are telling me, so I can experience more of the life that is available through you. Amen.
Question: If God were to hold an intervention for you, what would the issue be and how can you turn this area over to God?
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