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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Amos 5:1-13
"Come to Bethel, and transgress," was the ironic invitation of Amos 4:4 – "at Gilgal multiply transgression . . .!" But now God pleads, "Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal . . .". "Seek ye me, and ye shall live . . . Seek the LORD, and ye shall live" (vv. 4-6).
To live, man does not need religion; he needs a Saviour. Now the Lord Jesus is the way, the truth and the life; no man comes to the Father but by Him (John 14:6). Let us recognise the greatness of the One who has made and who upholds the worlds (Hebrews 1:2-3). The Pleiades (the seven stars) and Orion, when we locate these constellations on a clear night, are beyond our understanding. We strive in vain to appreciate their stupendous distance. But the Son of God has accomplished a work which is so much more wonderful. He has changed the threatening shadow of eternal death, which was already lengthening round us, into morning light, swallowing it up in victory by His resurrection (v. 8). Darkness certainly still reigns in the world. Oppression and injustice occur all the time. But the Christian is not overwhelmed by them; even in "an evil time" (v. 13), he knows where to find his Saviour. "Seek him" (v. 8); this should be our motto each time we open our Bible (Psalms 27:8).
