May 25, 2013 Complacency Kills

Read Amos 6-7 Complacency Kills Amos 6:1 Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come!...3 You put off the evil day and bring near a reign of terror. 4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves. 5 You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments. 6 You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph. 7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end. COMPLACENCY is an attribute of destruction. If you are complacent, you are feeling self-satisfied and content when you should be anything but satisfied and content. God uses Amos to decry Israel’s complacency. They have become rich by God’s hand; yet, they reject God. The wealthy subject the poor. They believe they are able to prosper without God. One day, though, he will exile them from his presence. Complacency is a huge threat to our nation, our family and our church. Our nation has been strong, but we feel we can ignore warning signs of economic destruction and moral decay. Complacency runs amok in our families. Children rule the households. Parents have little moral standing and no courage to be parents. Complacency wreaks havoc in our churches, too. God’s Word is received with no conviction and desire to trust His power to transform and lead our lives. We must awaken socially and spiritually to welcome God into our nation, into our church and into our families. We must transform complacency to conviction. If we do not, we, too, will become exiles, wondering, “What happened?” It’s True! Complacency kills, Christ reveals.