A Season In The Minors
Dear Church Family,
This past Sunday in our A Season in the Minors series, we explored the book of Amos. Amos was a shepherd and farmer whom God called to deliver a message to the Northern Kingdom of Israel during a time of prosperity and success.
At first glance, everything appeared healthy. The economy was strong, the nation was secure, and religious activity was thriving. Yet Amos revealed a sobering truth: what we celebrate on the surface cannot hide what God sees underneath.
We looked at four key movements in Amos:
The Problem: God's people had become satisfied with His blessings and forgotten His heart. As Hosea 13:6 reminds us, "When they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me." Forgetfulness will almost always lead to unfaithfulness.
The Warning: God sees where our hearts really are. Israel continued their religious activities, but their worship had become disconnected from the way they treated others. God was not impressed by worship that never transformed the worshiper.
The Invitation: "Seek me and live" (Amos 5:4). God's desire was not destruction but restoration. The call of Amos was not simply to do more religious things, but to return to God with their whole hearts.
The Hope: God restores what returns to Him. Even in a book filled with warnings, Amos ends with hope and restoration. God's final word is not judgment, but redemption.
One of our key takeaways was this: God wants to transform the real you, not the version of you that you want everyone else to see. That transformation does not begin on the exterior. It begins on the interior, and it begins when we return to Him.
As we continue through the Minor Prophets, may we remember that in every season, God is inviting us to return to Him.
-Pastor Aaron Perry