Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord (Amos 8:11).
Famine is a terrible thing. We read in the Bible of the famine in the land of Egypt and how God saved the people through Joseph, His servant. We read also of a famine in Samaria, where the people were reduced to the greatest extremities, eating the most disgusting things at high prices. We have heard of terrible famines in various parts of the world in which human beings even resorted to cannibalism. Hunger is one of the most beneficent, yet terrible, instincts, the very fire of life underlying all impulses to labor, and driving human beings to noble activities. Have you ever been really hungry or thirsty?
But the great coming famine is "not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water." It is a spiritual famine, "a famine...of hearing the words of the Lord." Those who have a taste of the Word of God and have neglected it will suddenly desire it but will not be able to find it. Their souls will hunger for it as they have never hungered for anything else in their lives.
"And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it" (Amos 8:12). Yes, cars will rush along the great highways. Airplanes will dart through the sky from one end of the earth to the other. "Where is that person of God who tried to teach me the truth? Where is Mother's open Bible? Where is that river of life that flows from the throne of God?" But they shall not find it.
What does this promise bring us to? To just one word--now!
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Jesus said...,I am the bread of life." "Said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread" (John 6:35, 34).
Famine is a terrible thing. We read in the Bible of the famine in the land of Egypt and how God saved the people through Joseph, His servant. We read also of a famine in Samaria, where the people were reduced to the greatest extremities, eating the most disgusting things at high prices. We have heard of terrible famines in various parts of the world in which human beings even resorted to cannibalism. Hunger is one of the most beneficent, yet terrible, instincts, the very fire of life underlying all impulses to labor, and driving human beings to noble activities. Have you ever been really hungry or thirsty?
But the great coming famine is "not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water." It is a spiritual famine, "a famine...of hearing the words of the Lord." Those who have a taste of the Word of God and have neglected it will suddenly desire it but will not be able to find it. Their souls will hunger for it as they have never hungered for anything else in their lives.
"And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it" (Amos 8:12). Yes, cars will rush along the great highways. Airplanes will dart through the sky from one end of the earth to the other. "Where is that person of God who tried to teach me the truth? Where is Mother's open Bible? Where is that river of life that flows from the throne of God?" But they shall not find it.
What does this promise bring us to? To just one word--now!
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Jesus said...,I am the bread of life." "Said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread" (John 6:35, 34).
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