Unseen Road Ahead, Use the Light of Christ to Proceed
Greetings in the Lord~ For the past couple of weeks I've been led to read from the book of Amos. First of all, that prophet is interesting to me, as he was just a regular dude working in the fields when God called him to speak to the northern tribes of Israel. Who knows why God called Amos, this regular dude, maybe because someone in an official Jewish/religious capacity would have been turned away from the get go, as the northern tribes at that time were idol worshipers for the most part. It's also interesting how many prophetic voices we have speaking in this day and age that are also just "regular people," called by God to speak out in their sphere of influence or on social media, or what have you. It's almost like God is intentionally using these regular folks because there is a large portion of the United States that does not or would not listen to anyone who came to them in an official religious capacity, just like in Amos' day. And these regular