Sovereign Lord

Amos 7-9; Psalms 104; Titus 2 

“This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land. Then I cried out, ‘Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!’ So the Lord relented. ‘This will not happen either,’ the Sovereign Lord said.”

Amos 7:4-6

Amos knew the Sovereign Lord as a friend who shared his plans with him. As one who knew God, Amos had the boldness to ask God to relent in sending judgment.

Why?

Amos knew the love of God through his mercy in saving and calling. While God is Sovereign, he is also merciful. Amos appealed to this aspect of God’s nature and God listened to his friend Amos. God listened to Abraham as he interceded for Sodom and to Moses as he interceded for Israel. God listens to his friends today who have been purchased by the blood of Christ and boldly approach the throne of grace.

“Lord God, you are sovereign and you are merciful. Heal our land and forgive our sin, for your glory.”