"But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."

Although many people credit Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with saying this, Amos, God's representative, actually said it almost 2,600 years before Dr. King did. God wished for His followers to understand that unless they were accompanied by a life of kindness, integrity, and concern, their religious journeys, sacrifices, and songs would be of no value to Him. Northern Israel did not confess and did not trust Amos. They were completely annihilated not too long after because God found their hypocrisy, injustice, and mistreatment of the helpless repugnant. But since we are alive now, these words are just as valid and true as they were back then. What will be our reaction?