When God says that He hates something,I need to dig into what He is talking about so I can learn how it speaks to me! In Amos 5:21-24,God says-“I hate your religious feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies. Even though you bring me burnt offerings & grains offerings, I will not accept them. Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the noise of of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!” God hates all things that do not reflect true sincerity in our relationship w HIM, & lack of transparency before Him! God is so concerned about this that he “paints a picture” of what it looks like..what God Hates! Amos6:1 says,”Woe to you who are COMPLACENT....& to you who FEEL SECURE...!” The Lord boils down what He hates to a complacency & false sense of security in our lives about all things that matter for ETERNITY! Websters defines complacency this way: “Self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. When it comes to safety, complacency can be dangerous.” Another defines it this way:”A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy. An instance of contented self-satisfaction.” It is obvious that the reason for His hatred of COMPLACENCY is God’s Great Loving Concern for us!!vHe Hates it because it is so very detrimental/DANGEROUS to our lives! This “Complacency” that God talks about leads to a false sense of security, & dangerous/detrimental pride in our lives! Complacency in the lives of the Jews made them vulnerable to false teaching & false prophets, false worship, etc., ultimately turning them from a genuine relationship with The Lord. They had became “satisfied” with going to church & listening to what others said/taught about God, & doing “religious stuff”...,without personally “digging in” to what God had instructed them through the prophets in the Old Testament. This was the root of their complacency/downfall. God doesn’t “leave us hanging” though, w/out letting us know what to do about these dangers. We are to “ let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!”(Amos5:24). In other words, let His Word “roll” in and through our lives continuously, & let how we live our lives & our character(who&what we truly r)be shaped by His Word working continuously in our lives. Lord God, forgive me for allowing different forms of complacency in my life that rob me of so much. Please open the eyes of my heart to know these & be honest about them...then may Your Word & Spirit help me to address all of these with a new found strength/courage/sincerity to have my life changed by Your Love for me!