Contributed by Paul Robinson on Sep 16, 2022
The idolatrous priest Amaziah tries to intimidate the prophet Amos. He did not appreciate Amos’ message against the king. But Amos wan't trying to be popular--God had called him out of an ordinary life of shepherding and gathering fruit. In other words, Amos was a nobody.
This passage teaches us a valuable lesson: God calls and uses nobodies, those who are shunned by the world or overlooked.
Amos, Moses, and David were just shepherds. Joseph was just a boy with a dream. Ruth was an outcast, an outsider. Esther was just a regular Jewish girl. These people were
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