Seek good and not evil, That you may live; So the LORD God
of hosts will be with you, As you have spoken. Hate evil, love good; Establish
justice in the gate. It may be that the LORD God of hosts Will be gracious to
the remnant of Joseph. – Amos 5v14-15
We may need
a reminder here that the things God says to Israel and Judah are not always
things we can build a theology around. They are not always perfectly applicable.
However, there are principles that we can pick up and apply even in these
situations.
This is such
a situation. Amos was telling Israel how to avoid the wrath of God and
destruction of their nation. He told them simply ‘seek good and not evil…hate
evil, love good.’
The setting
might be different but the principle is the same. When we are doing wrong we
always seem to want the easy way out. We want someone to tell us how we can get
over it and move out. We say things like ‘I just can’t deal with this. I can’t
beat it!’
That may be
true. We all know that we can’t do it without God’s help. That is the spiritual
aspect of it.
But we have
to want to his help. God tells us in black and white how to do it. It is the same
for us as it was for them.
Just seek
good and not evil. Just hate evil and love good. Just make the right choices.
Just do right.
If we really
want to get on with living life we have a choose – good or evil. Which one are
we going to choose?
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