Amos 9:5-15 ~ Who builds his upper chambers in the heavens and founds his vault upon the earth

Amos 9:5-15

The Lord God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and it melts,
and all who dwell in it mourn,
and all of it rises like the Nile,
and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt


6 Who builds his upper chambers in the heavens
and founds his vault upon the earth;

who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—
the Lord is his name!

7 “Are you not like the Cushites to me,
O people of Israel?” declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
and the Philistines from Caphtor
 and the Syrians from Kir?

8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
except 
that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.

9 “For behold, I will command,
and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
who say, ‘Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.’

11 “In that day I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom
and all the nations who are called by my name,”
declares the Lord who does this.

13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.

14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.

15 I will plant them on their land,
and they shall never again be uprooted
out of the land that I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.

God does this! HE is a giver, a bringer, a maker of blessings! Who can do it! The Great I Am has determined to do it! God's Power of Whose Grace is engaged for doing this mighty work! Verses 13 to 15- when are these days? - In the awakening of the Holy Spirit within us - And - Possible in each day.

Interesting - we ask how is it fair we have the land of America. We ask how is it fair for the Palestinians to be oppressed in Dubai and other places - what do they have. And God says in verse 7 we all spring from different places.

People say they want blessings - and we are made to adapt. 

We can adjust to lack of blessings and find joy - however - we work the other way too. 
We adapt to being blessed and become fussy blessing reivers. 

Abraham was a fussy blessing receiver. 
David did far better being a dodge-Israel mercenary-for-hire, than a king in a palace.

We can see ourselves as unblessed for a season, but even in unblessing God will find a way. God will find a way. God will find a way.  Think with Him.

So in seasons of downturn, "We git what we git, don't throw a fit." Seek the Lord.

This is a Very Large Topic  reacting to God's blessings. A God sized topic.

Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge?"


ACTS OF GOD

A. This gives there - is - a reason to fear.
B. This gives them acknowledgment they are in the power of Joseph. Stuck.
C. They are as paralyzed as the man in front of Jesus in Mark 2. Stuck.

D. This group of people has been known to have - Envy. This will effectively end the joy of forgiveness. A joy to envy. End Joy.

E. This helps them to deal with their guilt over Joseph. Why would he even want to be near them?

F. They might try to make this push this around their way. (Like saying why does Joseph get to do this and why does Egypt have grain to feed them. Instead of dealing with what is. If you have no solution - whine in a new direction to distract.)

In Mark 2, this is the Pharisees judging Jesus' followers.

F. This could be a group panic. And calls for the group to be polite and wait and see. This is called the Fruit of the Holy Spirit - Forbearance.  A mark of maturity.





Aren't the Good Works of God to provide Joy?

Jacob had been hugely blessed of God by all his workings, yet Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed Esau came to meet him with 400 men; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two companies; for he said, "If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the company which is left will escape."


Wisdom. God is asking us to use our thoughts to learn what is likely. And to realize so much of life is beyond what we do and is handed to us. If we should deal with things as they are and not be in a fog or merry making. Or dour.  Balancing ourselves to surf and plan.

Israel in the Exodus - Deuteronomy 1:32-33
"But for all this, you did not trust the LORD your God, who goes before you on your way, to seek out a place for you to encamp, in fire by night and cloud by day, to show you the way in which you should go"

The Children of Israel worried.

2 Kings 17:14-15
However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God. They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them

Matthew 19:22
But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.

John 2:24
But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men

God tells us where all good things come from:

Psalm 44
O God, we have heard with our ears,
our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
in the days of old:
2 you with your own hand drove out the nations,
but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;
3 for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and the light of your face,
for you delighted in them.

4 You are my King, O God;
ordain salvation for Jacob!

James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

For all the millenniums the refrain has been - do we trust God's Word to believe upon His Word?

Do we want to be guided by young ideas in our own head? No one is Ancient of Days, but Almighty God.

And who has dealt with millenniums of people trying to grasp their mortality, their worries, their desire to help loved ones.

God has dealt with human nature since Genesis.

The basis of all worry around leaning upon God... is God still working?

Will He care what happens to me or is significant terribly to my life now?

Will God change His mind?


Jesus looked at all He knew of the human race and He decided He would Save us. A point to ponder on days of rough wind, ocean and sky. How is this the wind and ocean obey?

We need to ride our storms as God would have us do. The indwelling of God within us. Following the ways of Jesus.

Taking what we want and asking God - how is this pleasing to You?

Hebrews 11:6
Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him, must believe He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.


God will take what is unclear and when we hold up the Righteousness of God - all begins to flow to Truth. And when we get to Truth, we reach the Straight Path. And in this core sincerity - we being to uncover what John Learned.  God Is Love.   When we reach Abba is Love, we begin to trust God and we are able to Let God do His Work. His Will. And we find His Will is Good for us and others. The upbuilding of the Body of Christ.


Abba, 

We ask Jesus to be with us and in us in Your Holy Spirit dwelling within us.

We ask in Jesus for wisdom. We will rest our cares upon You We will believe You. And we will find the blessings of each day and find our gratitude.

Help us do Your Path in manner pleasing to You, Abba. Pleasing to Your Spirit. Pleasing to Jesus and we will please You   with trying.

Thank You Father God for blessings.  We ask in Jesus, who gives us Grace. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves †