OUR FATHER WHOSES JUDGEMENT CAN BE TARGETED TO EXEMPT THOSE HE FAVORS

The book of Amos chapter 4 verse 7 says this;

“I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another.

One field had rain; another had none and dried up.

This verse, in the context of multiple attempts by the Lord to persuade the people of Israel to return to him, speaks of the imposition of the hardship of drought on the people of Israel so thatt their crops failed and they would turn to God.

After they had seeded their fields and the crops were partially grown, rain was withheld and the plants would dry up but Israel did not return to their God.

A point that can be derived from this particular verse is that the Lord has the power to create a differentiated season of judgement where some towns are struck with drought while others recieve rain and even more granularly, some people's fields are subject to the drought while others are exempt.

Whereas phenomena such as drought are understood to generally afflict everyone in a region, this verse depicts the ability of God, in a time of judgement, to single out some communities for judgement and even single out individuals for judgement while others around them are exempted.

Amen

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