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The Plumb Line

Writer's picture: David WarrenDavid Warren

We live in a world where evil seems to abound and Godly reasoning has been thrown out! What can be done? What alerts should we listen to? What can change what is happening? First of all, change needs to take place in our lives. For those who are not born-again believers. Time to come to Jesus for salvation and a new way of living. There is salvation found in no one and nothing else, but Jesus. He is the way, the truth, and the life. Secondly, change needs to be sourced from God's Word. Our reasoning apart from the Bible is flawed at best. The living Word of God is perfect....perfect!! If we turn back to God and follow His Word we will see life itself in a whole new way. In the book of Amos God shows Amos a vision for what is to happen and Amos pleads with God to stop what was going to happen. God heard his plea and relented from His plan. Point of clarity: God is love and in that love, we know He is listening to our cries and He still responds. Along with God's response there is a command to change course and follow God's ways.

In Amos chapter 7, the Lord gives Amos a vision of a plumb line. Amos 7: Then he showed me another vision. I saw the Lord standing beside a wall that had been built using a plumb line. He was using a plumb line to see if it was still straight. And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”I answered, “A plumb line.” And the Lord replied, “I will test my people with this plumb line. I will no longer ignore all their sins. The pagan shrines of your ancestors will be ruined, and the temples of Israel will be destroyed; I will bring the dynasty of King Jeroboam to a sudden end.”

Our government leaders use the term "red line" as a warning for other countries of a line that they should not cross. The red line is to set a standard or restriction on what that other country can do without feeling the wrath of the USA. The red line given in a vision to Amos was the "plumb line" and God had relented from sending locusts, or a great fire, and in return, God was telling them to live in accordance with His Ways and to knock down pagan shrines and idols that caused them to ignore God. If not, God was going to follow through, even though He had given them many chances to make it right. Our country has had many chances given God to "get right" and leave behind the worldly way of living that has polluted our reasoning. God has blessed our nation, and He is calling back to Him and we also have a plumb line that sets the standard He wants.

The smart thing for us to do would be to "heed the warning" and follow God's Word and His ways and live our lives accordingly. It is my prayer that we will step back "into the light" and let it shine through us as we live our individual lives for God and thus shine the light of God's Word in the darkness. God is merciful and His grace is very real, but now it is time to allow that grace to change our hearts at the core and get back into a right relationship that lives within the limits of the plumb line and gets us level again. The plumb line is visible so there is no excuse for not being informed as to the standard God expects. The next move is up to us. I vote for change!!!


Vesselogical Out,


David Warren

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