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Discipleship Focus: King
- King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle. When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is an omnipotent king. Authority comes from Him. Power comes through His authority. He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.
I don’t
think that there is any doubt among believers that God is king. After all, He created the world. Why shouldn’t He be king over it?
However,
just because He is king – even when all of His people acknowledge that He is
king – doesn’t mean that His people live as though He is king. We rebel.
We follow our own desires. Sometimes
we follow ourselves instead of the king because we think our way is
better. Sometimes we do our own think
out of sheer rebellion. As King, God
knows this. He understands that just
because He clearly is king doesn’t mean we will live like it.
Look as
Amos’ complaint here in this chapter.
How many times does Amos tell the people to return to the Lord to
live? Amos knows that life is found in
the king, our Creator! But this also
implies that the people have wandered away.
They need to come back!
Yet there
is a twist on this as we come to the end of the chapter. Although Amos tells the people that if they
turn and seek the Lord then they will live, he also reminds the people that the
Day of the Lord will be dark. The Day of
the Lord will be a day of judgment. He knows that they will not turn. Therefore, a king who desires to love us will
turn away when we offer up meaningless sacrifices. He will turn aside when we offer up our
praise but don’t live out His ways in life by being concerned for the poor and orphaned.
He is a
king who can offer us life. He is a king
who can set us right when we have gone astray.
But He is also a king who will judge us when we do not turn back to Him. He is a King who can see through our empty
offerings and instead hold us accountable for what is truly in our hearts.
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