Seek the Lord and Live

This Sunday, Kyle, one of our elders, walked us through the weighty words of Amos 5:1-27, where God laments over His people. Though they were outwardly religious, inwardly they had drifted far. They had rejected God’s justice, distorted His worship, and pursued comfort and self-interest over righteousness.
God’s judgment was certain—“I will send you into exile” Yet even in His anger, we see His mercy. God still calls His people to return. Not with empty rituals, but with hearts that hate evil, love good, and seek Him
God isn’t impressed by performance. What He desires is genuine repentance and justice. As Kyle reminded us, we must not be satisfied with surface-level faith. We must long for the day when “justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream”.
We don’t do this to earn God’s favour—we already have His favour through Christ. Because of Jesus, we are called to live lives of repentance, justice, and wholehearted worship, not to be accepted by God, but because we already are.