December 15
Micah 7
Psalm 141:7-10
Proverbs 129:24-25
Revelation 9
Hope
“But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.” Micah 7:7
The situation that Micah found himself in was pretty hopeless. Everywhere he looked he saw only evil. The rulers and judges were corrupt and the powerful conspired together to fulfill their wicked desires. Not one upright person could be found. And there was no reason to believe anything was going to get better. God had told him that judgment was coming. I’m sure he did not want his city to be destroyed. His job as a prophet was to warn the people of what was coming if they did not repent. It grieved him to know that many people would die, and many others would be taken into captivity. Even though they deserved the punishment they were going to receive, he wanted them to repent and turn to God instead. God had told him that He would save a remnant that would one day return to the land He had given them because He is faithful. Even though they broke the covenant over and over and were not faithful, He remained faithful and would uphold His promise to them. Verse 7 is tucked in the middle of his prophecies. In complete confidence and unwavering faith Micah proclaimed, “As for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.” He trusted that God would do what He said He was going to do to Israel, but God was going to take care of him. He was not worried. He watched and waited because he believed God was going to hear him and protect him.
Does this sound familiar? When we look around today, we see evil everywhere. Our rulers and judges are corrupt. The powerful are conspiring together for their own gain. Thankfully there are upright people still here, but we know that there is coming a day when all the upright people are going to be removed. Things are not going to get better. God has told us what is coming. We don’t know when His wrath is going to be poured out, but He has given us a vivid description of the pain and suffering that will occur. As Christians, we feel like Micah did. We are grieved for our friends and neighbors and even people we don’t know who are going to experience the horrors of the tribulation. They may deserve the punishment they are going to get for rejecting God, but we want desperately for them to repent and turn to Him. We know that He will save a remnant, all of those who have accepted Him as their Lord and Savior, and in the end, Jesus will return and set up a Millennial Kingdom where He will rule and reign for a thousand years and we will spend eternity with Him. He is faithful and will fulfill His promises to us. So, like Micah, we can proclaim with confidence and unwavering faith that we will watch and wait for God. We know He hears us, and He will take care of us. He will not let us down. We have hope because He is faithful.
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