A Country Boy, Called By God

Amos 7:14 (NIV): 14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.

Has the Spirit ever got you attention in an uncomfortable way? You know, you feel like you should say something, or do something that’s outside of your comfort zone?

We should take care to listen, and to trust, and to respond to such callings. The Bible is full of ordinary folks who did extraordinary things.

In the Old Testament book of Amos (A Minor Prophet) we’re introduced to someone who didn’t hang out with the religious leaders in Jerusalem, but with the sheep breeders in Tekoa (like a small borough outside of the city).

He was vocationally and culturally from a different neck of the woods (actually the back woods).  *Amos was a non-prophet organization ~ S.A.

Ministry to Amos wasn’t a career, it was a calling.
 It was a profession, it was a passion.
 It wasn’t just a job, it was his joy.
Amos wasn’t a pro pastor, he was an amateur.
 *Amateur means - for the love of it.
 Amos served God because he loved God.

Amos was both a rancher and farmer... as we read in chapter seven...
Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. ~ Amos 7:14

Amos was a country boy who wore jeans and drove a pick-up truck.
Amos was a country boy who was called by God 
 to serve the urban jungles of the northern kingdom.

Could that be you? Are you ready and willing to respond? 
Are you ready to serve God because you love him?

Are you a country boy ... being called by God? 

Pray on...

Song: We Are the Body of Christ (Album: Re:Prize)