Divine Encounters

Day 232 Reading: Amos 1:1 - Amos 4:13 Welcome to the Book of Amos. Amos was a farmer whom God called to be a prophet. He prophesied in during the reign of Uzziah, the king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the king of Israel. Another prophet who was also in this timeline is Hosea who prophesied to the Kingdom of Israel. The Book of Amos begins with a startling fact. It was written two years before the earthquake. Amos begins prophesying and declares that it is two years before an earthquake. Amos in prophesying to the nations declares to Israel that God was weighed down by the disobediece of His children. God questions the deeds of the children of Israel. Their disobedience defied His covenant. The children of Israel were committing idolatry and thus not walking with God. God desires that we walk with Him. The earth is looking for people who are walking with God to manifest His glory in all realms of life. We can only walk with God when we are in agreement with Him. ...

Day 230 Reading: Hosea 10:1 - Hosea 14:9 Dear Backslider, My child, I love you, however, I have noted that you have chosen to ignore Me. I am the One who walked with you from the land of slavery to the place of freedom. I set you free from every form of captivity. I remember how you loved Me. You would rise early to seek Me, worshipped Me even when you had nothing yet now I see you asleep and the hour you are living is perilous. I remember the days you rejoiced because of the little you had. Now that I have blessed you with much, you have forgotten that the power to create wealth is given by Me to establish My covenant on earth. I hear you saying how you cannot give and when I look in your heart I ask where is the person who would give me all when they had nothing now they withhold all giving Me tokens to pacify their consciences.  My covenant of love cannot be broken yet your love for me is dependant on how you feel. I change not yet you are always changing. G...

Day 229 Reading: Hosea 5:1 - Hosea 9:17 God is calling His people back to Him. Hosea the prophet declared that God's children had forsaken God and chosen to go away. Reading the Book of Hosea you can see the pain and anguish God has in how His children serve idols and forsake Him. One theme the Book of Hosea brings to us is the call of repentance. Many are oppressed because they have walked away from God. Revival will only take place once repentance has taken place. Many want to see revival however they don't want to answer God's call of repentance. As I read the passage of Scripture for the day it dawned on me that God is preparing for a revival. The first thing that God is doing is adjusting our mindsets to realise that it's no longer about us but God and His agenda. Yes, God wants me to do well however His agenda is the priority. In Hosea we see God calling His children back to Him. After this clarion call to return to Him we see that Hosea is encour...

Day 228 Reading: Hosea 1:1 - Hosea 4:19 The world today is seeing a rise of many people suffering from arrogance. Yes, arrogance. An arrogant person has an attitude of superiority that is displayed in an overbearing behaviour or presumptuous claims or assumptions that they hold onto in life according to the Webster dictionary. I have come to realise that we all manifest a village mentality syndrome when we are arrogant in our behaviour. At the root of arrogance is ignorance. You see an arrogant person thinks they know it all and their way is the only way because they have a limited world view and anyone who doesn't fit their fantasy world is not fit for purpose. You may wonder why I have started off like this, however, God has challenged me to question my beliefs, assumptions, presumptions and everything that would qualify me for arrogance. However, the Book of Hosea will challenge your worldview with some startling acts that God required Hosea to go outside of the no...