Amos 8:8 says, Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.  God said that even the earth would tremble when His judgment came.  When God's judgment did come on Israel, then everyone that dwelt there would mourn.  God does not treat sin, especially those committed by His people, to go unpunished.  This warning from Amos of the coming judgment should have caused Israel to repent, but it didn't.  Israel had lost their willingness to acknowledge that God was indeed the reason for their greatness.  We today, as followers of Christ, have the warning of the coming judgment of God, but does it really have meaning to us in our everyday life?  Instead of being simply a way to avoid the penalty for our sins, salvation through Christ calls us to live by the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  Verse nine says, And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:  God said that not only would the earth shake, but even the heavens would be affected.  Matthew Henry says that when the people of Israel thought they had all afternoon to continue life as usual, that God would cause the sun to set at noon.  I believe that this is a warning to us today that we never know how much time we have left to make things right between God and us, whether as individuals or as a nation.  Verse ten declares, And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.  The people of Israel may have been going through the motions of worshipping God, enjoying their feasts for their own benefit, but God said these feasts were about to become times of mourning.  God is never going to bless empty worship.  We cannot claim to worship God on Sunday and cheat our neighbors the rest of the week.  Following Christ is more than just a church commitment.  We are to follow the leadership of the Holy Spirit every minute of every hour.  Verse eleven states, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:  We usually think of famine and thirst in material ways, but God told Israel that there was coming a day when people would hunger and thirst to hear God's word.  We, as God's people, need that hunger and thirst for God's word today.  We cannot effectively represent God in the world if we do not know His word.  Verse twelve states, And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.  The people of Israel would look everywhere for the word of God, but they would not find it.  I believe that this is because they were looking everywhere but to God.  They had followed religious practices and not a relationship with God for too long.  When we seek God's word, we must look to God for that word.  I believe that when we earnestly seek God that He will speak to us.  Verse thirteen says, In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.  Even the young people would not have enough strength to stand in that day.  Verse fourteen declares, They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.  Those who had followed false gods would fall forever.  The only way that we can stand forever with God is by putting our faith in Christ while we are still living.  If we follow false gods or no god at all, we will be eternally separated from God.