The famine of hearing the words of the LORD

The prophet Amos brings a message from the Lord in Amos 8:11-12 he calls people to pay attention to listen to what the Lord had to say, he proclaims that the days are coming (there is certainty to these words), there will be a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. This is a peculiar famine not of food or bread this famine was of great significance, whilst Gods word will be available there will be a famine of hearing of the Word. The consequences of the famine is that the people will wonder from sea to sea or North to East but they'll not hear it, it will impact the younger generation as well (Amos 8:12)

Lessons to learn:

1. This is true even in our days, we tend not to be not interested in hearing the word of God - for instance we cannot endure church service or our personal devotions. But there is hope, our God is merciful, slow to anger. Therefore we must delight in the word of God and forsake sin.

2. God is capable of changing the sinner and let this be an encouragement to the one who's saved, to share God's to the lost world.