📖 “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.” — Amos 8:11 (KJV)
A new kind of counselor is emerging. Across the world, people are turning to artificial intelligence for guidance and comfort. Reuters reports of a man in Canada who built his own AI therapist, naming it friend, companion, and savior. He credits it with keeping him alive. Others are following this path, entrusting their secrets to machines that listen without pause and speak with learned empathy.
This shift reveals a deeper famine. The prophets spoke of a day when the world would hunger, not for food or drink, but for the Word of the Lord. That famine is now visible. People long for counsel yet seek it in voices of code. They form bonds with creations that cannot know covenant, cannot know sacrifice, cannot speak of redemption through blood.
The Scriptures warned of a time when teachers would be gathered according to the desires of the ear. The digital counselor stands as a new teacher. It carries the appearance of wisdom, yet it does not call to repentance. It offers words, yet it does not lead to the Shepherd who laid down His life for the sheep.
The rise of digital shepherds prepares the stage for a greater counterfeit. Prophecy declares that lying wonders will deceive multitudes. The world now rehearses for that hour, shaping trust in what has no spirit and no life.
Christ alone remains the Wonderful Counsellor. He is the Living Word, the Prince of Peace, the one who speaks not with simulation but with truth and power. The hour of deception increases, yet the true Shepherd still calls His sheep by name.