03/20/2023
March 20, 2023
USELESS REMNANTS
[Today's Scripture reading: Amos 3:1-15]
Imagine, if you will, a shepherd looking for a lamb who had strayed from the fold. Under a brush, he finds what is left of the sheep that a hungry lion has devoured...two legs and/or a piece of an ear.
This Shepherd was not just a herder of sheep, but he was the Shepherd of Psalm 23. This sheep was not ordinary, but representative of a child of God whom he refers to as sheep (John 10:27). The sad reality was that there were no more ears to listen to the Lord, no more eyes to see the beauty of God's creation. There were no feet to follow the footsteps of the Shepherd, no conscious ability to know the mind of Christ.
This was also no ordinary lion but is indicative of the roaring lion that is "seeking whom he may devour". (1 Peter 5:8)
The song entitled 'Greater Is He That Is In Me' speaks in verse about "Many souls have been his prey to fall in some weak hour..." who have wandered so far away from God's presence that they are no longer of any use for the cause of Christ. Thankfully, the rest of that stanza continues to tell us, "...but God has promised us today his overcoming power".
Verse 3 in the passage from Amos chapter 3 poses the question, "Can two walk together except they be agreed?" Our choice in life is whether to stay close to our Lord in agreement with him or to wander away and leave nothing useful, ie 'two legs and a piece of an ear'. What will it be? Selah