Hearing God in Amos

Reading through Amos as a requirement of my Old Testament paper (it's quite challenging reading several OT books per lesson I can tell you!) a lot of things have caught my attention but these verses really address the main topic I have blogged about recently:

"The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land - not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it. In that day the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst... they will fall, never to rise again." Amos 8:11-14

Interesting.

Its not a famine of words but rather of hearing. Also instead of turning to God the people will wander around the land seeking for His word. Even those with the most stamina and energy - the young - will fall from lack of God's word.

So how important is it to hear God's word and to hear it often?

Where are you looking to hear Him?

How hungry are you?

How healthy are you?