This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that
had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand. And the Lord asked me, “What do you see,
Amos?”
“A plumb
line,” I replied.
Then the
Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will
spare them no longer.” Amos 7:7-8
A
carpenter uses a plumb line to make sure his construction is even and lined
up. If anything is off, he has to tear
it down and start over.
God used a
plumb line of righteousness to measure how a nation or people were doing. When God realized the people were “off” and
“out of line,” he needed to tear it all down and start over.
God
measures our lives by the plumb line of Jesus Christ. Are we holy and righteous, free of sins? If not, one day, God will tear us down and
throw us in the junk pile.