A Famine of the Word

There is a frightening prophecy in the book of Amos:

“‘The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign Lord, ‘when I
will send a famine through the land—not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. Men will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they
will not find it’” (Amos 8:11-12).

I have no idea whether this prophecy was ever fulfilled in the
past. If not, it is, of necessity, still future. It certainly is not in the
present. In this world we have places where the Word of God is very accessible.
The supply is greater than the demand. There is a famine in the midst of plenty
because people are not reading the Word.

There are places where the Word of God is not available at all.
People do not know it is not available. They are in a famine and do not know
that they are in a famine. There are still other places where there is a famine
and people know it. They are eager for Bibles. The demand is much greater than
the supply.

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