June 29th, 26: Amos 4-6, Psalms 86-87, Titus 1: Daily Bible in a Year

Welcome to the Daily Radio Bible for June 29th. Join Heather as we journey through day 180 in our reading of the Scriptures. Today, we'll explore Amos chapters 4 through 6, Psalms 86 and 87, and Titus chapter 1, asking God for guidance and wisdom as we seek to see Jesus more clearly. Together with listeners from around the world, we'll reflect on what God truly desires from His people—a life transformed from the inside out, full of justice, mercy, and love, made possible by Christ, the source of all living water. As we share in prayer and dive into the Word, be encouraged and strengthened in the unfailing love of God.

TODAY'S DEVOTION:

What does God want to see in our lives? Is it the grand gestures—the big religious festivals, the impressive gatherings, the big houses or accomplishments—that catch God's eye? According to the words of Amos, that's not what God is after. Heather reminds us that God desires something entirely different: a heart transformed from the inside out, a heart set free by his love, a heart that loves justice and mercy because it has experienced the forgiveness and freedom of God.

Amos 5 tells us plainly: God hates all the show and pretense, the hypocrisy of religious festivals and solemn assemblies. He says, “Away with your noisy hymns of praise…I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.” What God truly wants to see is a flood—a torrent—of justice and an endless river of true righteousness, not something we muster up in our own strength, but something that flows from a different source altogether.

Where do these waters come from? They come from Christ Jesus, the source of all living water. In John 7:38, Jesus says, “Anyone who believes in me may come and drink. For the Scriptures declare, rivers of living water will flow from his heart.” All the life God desires to see in us, all the justice and righteousness, flows from Jesus himself. The life that God longs for in his people will only come when we turn to him, when we let him fill us with his own living water, the power of his Spirit.

Is anyone thirsty? The call goes out—come and drink, even if you have nothing to offer. His invitation is generous, his table wide open. When we come, we are transformed from the inside out. His Spirit lives and abides in us and, from there, living water pours out of our lives and into a dry and weary world.

When God looks at us, this is what he truly wants to see: people set free by his love, who set others free; people living his justice and mercy, being instruments of his peace and pardon; people who bring his life and his joy to a world in need.

So let us come to these waters—again and again. Let us drink deeply from Christ. Let us allow his justice, his mercy, his life to overflow from us into the world. Because the life he desires to see is his own life, flowing in and through us.

That's a prayer I have for myself, for my loved ones, and for each of us together with Heather: may we come to the living water and let his love and justice be poured out through us. May it be so.