Do you want to see or hear God communicate with you? Do you wonder why it seems that God is silent? Have you looked for God in places you don’t expect him? Are you willing to open your eyes to new possibilities of seeing God? Are you willing to open your ears to hear him?
God communicates to us in a variety of ways. He often uses things we don’t expect. He uses people we don’t expect. He may communicate with us through situations we don’t expect. Many times, it is not that God is not communicating but we are not being observant.
God used a basket of fruit to communicate to Amos. We likely would never think of God communicating to us by using a basket of fruit. God used something bright, colorful, and plentiful to communicate a future of sorrow. He compared and contrasted the bountiful with the bad way the rich were treating the poor.
God pointed out how the rich were taking advantage of the poor and needy. He called out their cheating the scales to rob the poor of what little they had. In the process, God warns the rich that they will fall, that they will be destroyed. He tells the rich that they will mourn their cheating ways.
We can avoid being called out by God by obeying him and seeking to hear his messages. Obedience is by far the most important. Yet, hearing God speak to us through the many ways he chooses to do so is important so we can stay on the path he has laid out for us to walk. Rather than God scolding us, he will praise us as we obey and listen to him.
I pray we all seek to see and hear the many ways God communicates with us. I pray choose to obey God. I pray each one of us will choose to walk the path God has prepared for us. See God communicate. Hear God communicate. Obey God. Walk his path. Live the life God has for you.
Amos 8:1-2 This is what the Lord God showed me: a basket of summer fruit. He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”
Marty Pressey 