God is Still God

I was reading the fourth chapter of Amos this morning and came across some woe prophecies - "The Lord will bring disasters upon you..." The entire chapter was dedicated to outlining what stupid things the Israelites could do - making sacrifices to pagan gods, worshiping the earth/matter, etc. Then at the end it says, "The Lord is the one who shaped the mountains, stirs up the winds, and reveals His thoughts to mankind."

Reading the entire chapter, I came away with the impression that Amos was telling the Israelites that could do whatever stupid thing they wanted, but God was still God - He still controls all things and is still revealing His thoughts to each of us.

Then I took it a step further - to mat'l sense it may appear that we can, and may have already, really messed things up. But to spiritual sense, which tells us what reality it, God is in complete control and we are never outside His care and His heaven. Never!

So, let's ignore mat'l sense - the swirling winds, the cloudy days, the burdensome thoughts - and pay attention to spiritual sense - get a sense of reality as it really is. Matter can have it's false gods and false fears, but we'll stick with reality. Nothing can make us fear!