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Amos chapter 6 verses 4 through 6. Whoa to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves

out on their couches and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall who sing

idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David invent for themselves instruments of music

who drink wine in bowls and annoy themselves with the finest oils but are not grieved over the ruin

of Joseph. Did you hear that last phrase? The picture for almost three full verses before that last

phrase is a people who are indulging in the things of this world and these things are not necessarily

bad ivory and lambs from the flock and calves in the midst of the stall and songs and instrument and

wine and fine oils but the picture is a people who are indulging themselves in all these things

while ignoring the ruin of Joseph. The picture here is they're ignoring the state of God's

people in their sin and their idolatry and their immorality and instead of grieving over the

sin and idolatry and immorality in their midst they are just sitting comfortable in it. Is that

possible for you and for me in our day to indulge ourselves in the things of this world while not

grieving over sin and idolatry and immorality around us and our lives our churches and in us for

that matter. There is an adversary who would love to lull us to sleep amid sin and idolatry and

immorality around us and in us and one of the ways he lulls us to sleep is with the luxuries of

this world. So God help us we pray not to be guilty of what your people were guilty of here in

Amos chapter 6. God help us to grieve over sin and idolatry and immorality in us around us I

think about conversation my family was having around the table the other day about idols in our

hearts and in our lives God we pray that you would continually uncover idols in our hearts and

our lives open our eyes to things to people to pursuits to possessions that we put our hope in

our trust in our we prioritize over you in any way God help us to grieve over idolatry and

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