DECEMBER 13, 2023 – Zoned Out

Zoned Out

 DECEMBER 13, 2023
 Daily Reading – Amos 1-3 / Revelation 2

 GOD’S WORD:

Amos 3:10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

 GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

        What does it mean to be “Zoned Out?” According to www.thefreedictionary.com it is to “Stop paying attention, dissociate oneself from a situation. Also, engage in a mindless activity.” For example, children will often become “Zoned Out,” sitting in front of a TV. Teens become “Zoned Out,” on their cell phones or tablets. Adults, mostly men, “Zone Out,” everything else while watching football. People are just so focused on one thing, that if something is not within that zone of attention, it is zoned out.

        In Amos 3:10, God says through His prophet, “For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.” Simply put, they sinned so often, and with such regularity, that it had become the norm. They did not even realize they were sinning any longer. In modern language we might say, they have Zoned Out righteousness. Today it seems to be much the same. There was a time when we knew the Bible said certain things were sinful. Homosexuality was seen in scripture as an abomination to God. Today, the world not only embraces this sin, but legally defends what they call a lifestyle. Adultery and fornication are now considered consensual adult relationships. Abortion was the taking of an unborn life, which only God had the right to do. Today it is considered freedom of choice. It appears, we “ZONED OUT” on self, and “ZONED OUT” God.

          

 GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

        Rev. 3:17 warns, “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:” Our focus must be on God, and not on us.

Have we Zoned Out God?