The Journey 173: Live The Truth
Read: Amos 5: 18-27
The movie "Courageous” was a movie that made a mark in the Christian circles last year. It was a movie that helped many people to take their responsibility of fatherhood seriously. The movie tells the story of four law enforcement officers who passionately does their job by bravely facing the worst that the streets have to offer. Bu then there is a contradiction in their life. They are passionate about their responsibility as law enforcement officers but at home, they are failing in their duty as dad's. One of the officer nags his son and brushes off his daughter; another officer is divorced and hardly sees his child; while the third officer is guilty of fathering a daughter when he was young and then walked away. It takes a personal tragedy, and more, to help these men recognize and accept their responsibilities as Christian fathers. One of the stars of this movie was Robert Amaya. This week he was one of the speakers for the Hispanics Advance Conference, which was attended by over 200 Hispanic pastors and leaders from 20 states and several countries prior to missionary convention and annual meeting in New Orleans. Number of people came and witnessed to Amaya, that the movie helped them to commit their lives to the Lord and be a better father and husband. Amaya preached to the people by saying don't let this day pass by "Live the truth". What is needed today if we Christians need to be a witness to the world through our responsibility is to live the truth.
This week we are meditating on the theme “ Transformation in my community” based on the book of Amos. The meditation for today is from Amos 5: 18-27. This is the portion where Amos tell that the day of the Lord will be a dark day. The judgment on Israel is going to come and hence the Lord says that he hates the festivals that the Israelites celebrated, despised their fellowship and assembly. The Lord also will not accept any offering that the people are going to do in the form of grains or fat animals, neither is the Lord interested in their praise and worship songs. [ Amos 5: 21-23]. What has happened to the people of Israel is that they have observed all these rituals without living the faith behind these rituals and not practicing truth in their life. Israel was the called nation, but the calling is often relegated to some ritualistic actions which has no meaning or significance in the life of the people. It is in such a context that Amos communicates to the people of Israel that they cannot just claim to be called people but they need to live the truth of being called people. The message of Amos is very relevant today. We the members of the body of Christ often takes our calling and our commitment for granted. Our life is not based on the principle of truth that we are supposed to live by. We have also relegated our faith living to some mere observances like Sunday worship, prayer meeting and so on. Can we rise above the celebrations of rituals to a life of where the meaning of these rituals and celebrations are manifested in a practical way in our Christian life. Robert Amaya of Courageous preached to live the truth, Amos preached to practice the truth daily. It is up to us as to how we are going to live and practice the truth daily. It is then that the community around us could see the transformation that the body of believers could do.
The movie "Courageous” was a movie that made a mark in the Christian circles last year. It was a movie that helped many people to take their responsibility of fatherhood seriously. The movie tells the story of four law enforcement officers who passionately does their job by bravely facing the worst that the streets have to offer. Bu then there is a contradiction in their life. They are passionate about their responsibility as law enforcement officers but at home, they are failing in their duty as dad's. One of the officer nags his son and brushes off his daughter; another officer is divorced and hardly sees his child; while the third officer is guilty of fathering a daughter when he was young and then walked away. It takes a personal tragedy, and more, to help these men recognize and accept their responsibilities as Christian fathers. One of the stars of this movie was Robert Amaya. This week he was one of the speakers for the Hispanics Advance Conference, which was attended by over 200 Hispanic pastors and leaders from 20 states and several countries prior to missionary convention and annual meeting in New Orleans. Number of people came and witnessed to Amaya, that the movie helped them to commit their lives to the Lord and be a better father and husband. Amaya preached to the people by saying don't let this day pass by "Live the truth". What is needed today if we Christians need to be a witness to the world through our responsibility is to live the truth.
This week we are meditating on the theme “ Transformation in my community” based on the book of Amos. The meditation for today is from Amos 5: 18-27. This is the portion where Amos tell that the day of the Lord will be a dark day. The judgment on Israel is going to come and hence the Lord says that he hates the festivals that the Israelites celebrated, despised their fellowship and assembly. The Lord also will not accept any offering that the people are going to do in the form of grains or fat animals, neither is the Lord interested in their praise and worship songs. [ Amos 5: 21-23]. What has happened to the people of Israel is that they have observed all these rituals without living the faith behind these rituals and not practicing truth in their life. Israel was the called nation, but the calling is often relegated to some ritualistic actions which has no meaning or significance in the life of the people. It is in such a context that Amos communicates to the people of Israel that they cannot just claim to be called people but they need to live the truth of being called people. The message of Amos is very relevant today. We the members of the body of Christ often takes our calling and our commitment for granted. Our life is not based on the principle of truth that we are supposed to live by. We have also relegated our faith living to some mere observances like Sunday worship, prayer meeting and so on. Can we rise above the celebrations of rituals to a life of where the meaning of these rituals and celebrations are manifested in a practical way in our Christian life. Robert Amaya of Courageous preached to live the truth, Amos preached to practice the truth daily. It is up to us as to how we are going to live and practice the truth daily. It is then that the community around us could see the transformation that the body of believers could do.