Minister in chush is not a job but is a mission from the Lord

Amos 7:1-17
The Lord shows 1) preparing swarms of locusts after the king's share had been harvested and just as the second crop was coming up, 2) calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land. Amos cried out, "Sovereign Lord, I beg you stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!" So the Lord relented.
The Lord setting a plumb line among his people Israel; He will spare them no longer.
Amos did not afraid the warning from Amaziah the priest of Bethel.
Amos answered Amaziah, "I was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees, But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me "Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
Sycamore: A kind of fig-tree; not the tree we call sycamore.
Gods prophet and 'official religion' meet head-on in the confrontation between Amos and Amaziah.
Amaziah will die in exile. The invading army will abuse his wife, kill his children and seize his land.
High view: swarms of locusts, fire and a plumb line
Spot point: The prophet has God's authority for his message and will not be silenced.
Meditation: Amos obey the word of God instead of the priest of Israel.
Why?
The prophet has God's authority for his message and will not be silenced.
Amaziah insinuates(影射) that prophecy is just a job. Amos replies that he has a different job and only prophesies because God has told him to.
Obey God's word is higher than any other job or custom.
How?
Minister is not a job but a mission to preach God's message and a shepherd of God's people.