Morning Light - Amos 04

Today: [Amos 4] God Champions the Causes of the Impoverished. In this chapter Amos by the word of the Lord reproves the northern kingdom for its abusive policies toward the poor. In our own United States there is much ado about the plight of the poor yet genuine relief seems never to actually materialize. In Amos 4 we see that God deals with a nation by how it champions the poor and relieves their suffering. In that light we give pause and wonder what the outcome might be for our own nation, if our policies toward the marginalized go unchanged.