This ties in a lot with what God spoke to me that he will raise me up to be like a David & Joseph
(Rhema during Emerge 2006)

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Amos 1:1

Amos was a sheep-breeder. He was neither a prophet nor the owner of a flock of sheep; he was just a shepherd. He was not a seasoned prophet like Elijah, a priest like Jeremiah, or a man of the court like Isaiah. Amos was just an ordinary, working man. Not only that, Amos had a second job tending the sycamore fruit (Amos 7:14). The sycamore is the poorest of fruits in Israel and only the very poor people eat it. Therefore, it is clear that Amos did not come from a very wealthy family. In fact, he had to work two jobs just to make a living. But the Word of the Lord came to this man and God raised him up to be a prophet against two military leaders. God can do the same for each one of us. We may be insignificant in the eyes of other people or even in our own eyes, but it is the heart that God is interested in. God can raise up someone who is considered a “nobody” in the eyes of people and make a great prophet out of him.