Thursday, May 31, 2007

Amos 4:13

Praise the Lord who is great and Mighty over all things. I pray He will bless you today my friend in all knowledge and wonder of Him. Have a good day.

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For the Lord is the one who shaped the mountains,
      stirs up the winds, and reveals his thoughts to mankind.
  He turns the light of dawn into darkness
      and treads on the heights of the earth.
      The Lord God of Heaven’s Armies is his name!
Amos 4:13

Look closely at the actions of the Lord in this verse and you will see a common element. We know our God is one who brings order out of chaos, and He brings peace and calm to a stormy sea. Our Lord is one who is great and powerful, and there is still so much more to Him. Here we see him described as the one who made the mountains, stirs the wind, brings out the night sky, and is higher than all things. 

What we can see from this passage is that the Lord has a very different nature than what we usually imagine. We may think the ground is always level, but he creates mountains where we could never imagine. He brings out the power of the wind to stir up the earth and the creation. He is great and mighty over all creation and over all of our lives. 

The context of this message is in the midst of God’s judgment on the people for not following Him. This is where the Lord brings us during the times when he needs to deal with us on our sin. He brings us before Himself the maker of heaven. It has been said he died on a cross of wood, but made the hill on which it stood. We face a living God who is great and mighty and also the savior of our souls. Praise Him!

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