Emphasis Preaching Journal

Amos declared that he was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, simply "a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore trees," yet in the transforming hands of the Supreme Potter, he became a vessel of great worth. As we can see by the disciples themselves, God seldom reaches into the palaces of rich religious institutions when he calls his prophets. "And Jesus saw two brothers, Simon Peter and Andrew, casting a net into the seas.