This is what the Lord God showed me: he was forming locusts at the time the latter growth began to sprout (it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings). When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, “O Lord God, forgive, I beg you! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!” The Lord relented concerning this; “It shall not be,” said the Lord. This is what the Lord God showed me: the Lord God was calling for a shower of fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land. Then I said, “O Lord God, cease, I beg you! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!” The Lord relented concerning this; “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God. This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “See, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass them by; the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.” (Amos 7:1-9, NRSV)
A plumb line. What is a plumb line?
It is a length of string tied to a plumb bob. Ok, that clears it up…
Merriam-Webster online defines a plumb line as a line (as of cord) that has at one end a weight (such as a plumb bob) and is used especially to determine verticality. So it is a line used to determine verticality? Verticality?
Ok God has set a line so that Israel might have a way to see the relationship with God. A Plumb Line makes things are going straight up and down. Maybe they should have used one for the Tower of Pisa!
God gives us a plumb line so we can know we are on a straight path to Him.
So use God’s plumb line to make you relationship line up verticality!
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