In trying to push away God’s Word from his life and from the nation of northern Israel, Amaziah actually pulled closer the judgments of God for himself and even for northern Israel! He hastened the coming of that judgment! The opposite is also true—and that is glorious! What happens when we latch on to the Word of our God, treasuring its promises and seeking to walk in its ways in our daily lives? In that case, we push away the punishments and judgments, and hasten the arrival of the blessings!
12 And Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there,