On Wanting More

This verse struck me particularly this morning:

Amos 5:14

Seek good, not evil,/ that you may live./ Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you,/ just as you say he is.

It seems to apply. Apply, I mean, to places or communities where the favor of God seems an assumption rather than a goal to be pursued. Where sentences begin with “since we are so blessed,” “since we are so favored,” rather than “if we wish to bless” (or be blessed), “if we wish to please God…” I like the implication that communities seek either good or evil. That, perhaps, even contented societies (though I’ve yet to meet or hear of one) are moving, in some direction or other? Anyway, of course the desires and goals of a group of people affect where they stand with the Lord. Whereas whether they say they are in God’s favor does not necessarily mean they are.

And one other nugget from church yesterday – a guest speaker – we gained more through the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus Christ than we lost when exiled from the Garden of Eden. Um. Sorry; a semi just drove down our street. Our residential street. Our narrow, residential street.

Anyway.

It makes sense to me; in the garden, God walked and visited with Adam and Eve once a day; after Jesus sent his Spirit to earth, it became possible to maintain constant communication with him, “praying without ceasing”. Yee.