A Log Pulled Out of the Fire

UV 3514/10000 A Log Pulled Out of the Fire
“I overthrew and destroyed ( some among) you, as ( I, your) God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were rescued like a log pulled out of the flame; yet you have not returned to Me ( in repentance), “ says the Lord.

Amos 4 v 11


The Lord sent various tests upon the world like famine, drought, pestilence, plague and yet, we have not repented and returned to the Lord. He has rescued us as a log of burning wood is pulled out of the fire and saved us from destruction. Yet, we have not repented and returned to the Lord. We have instead adored our own “golden calves” as the ancient Israelites did under Aaron’s leadership when Moses left the camp of Israel to commune with Jehovah. We have eaten “leavened” bread, a symbol of pride, hypocrisy, of profiting from the practice of deceit. We have not heeded the many warnings and admonitions of the Spirit of God.

The current global pandemic is a sign from the Lord that we should repent and return to the Lord. We must cast aside all that distracts us from the Lord and seek the Lord with devotion and diligence as our most essential need. He is the One who formed the mountains, who knows our thoughts and feelings. He can turn darkness into dawn and the bright dawn into darkness, implying He can turn adversity into prosperity and vice versa. He cannot bear the injustice meted out to the poor or the corruption of the unrighteous. We are living in an evil time where people will not listen to the truth and will disregard those of good character. The world’s values are topsy-turvy, upside down but the Lord expects His children to set it right and walk upright beside Him.

We cannot escape the judgement of the Lord unless we repent and return to Him. We must hate evil and love good. We must give up the pursuit of power and passion and surrender ourselves to the mercy and grace of the Lord. The Lord is measuring us as a mason checks a wall with a plumb line. We should hunger for the word of God. We should use the word as the plumb line of our lives. Since we are a log or ember pulled out of the fire by the Lord, we ought to burn brightly for Him in this dark world.