Amos One of the Shepherds

In the very first verse of Amos, it starts out, Amos one of the shepherds. God chooses a shepherd to take speak his word. He wasn't anyone special or great. The prophet Amos understood this fully.

Amos 7:14-15 - "Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. ¹⁵ But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

He father wasn't a priest or prophet. He was a nobody. Yet, in God's wisdom and sovereignty he chose him to be his mouth piece. This is a clear example that God can use anyone who is willing, and Amos was willing. We see no resistance to the call of God on his life.

You could have come from an unbelieving household. You could be car salesman, gas station attendant, farmer, house wife, and even a carpenter and God calls you to be his hands, feet and mouth. God could call you into the full time ministry. You may not have gone to Bible school or raised from a very young age in the church, but God could put his hand upon you and say, I am going to show you great and mighty things. I am going to make you my servant. Amos had no theological degree or mentored as Timothy was by Paul, but he loved God and heeded the call. 

I am not belittling being raised in a Christian family and in the church all your life. I am not belittling going to Bible school and being mentored. All this is very important. Yet, it is not an absolute necessity for God to use you. Just take a look at church history and you will find many people God used who had no great education or training but were willing vessels.

Are you willing to hear from God even as Amos heard from God and willing to declare His Word.