- For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches. Micah 1:8 – The prophet Micah felt for those he was preaching to, and it caused his heart to ache knowing they were rejecting the Lord’s call to repent. This posture from Micah is refreshing after just finishing the book of Jonah. There the prophet couldn’t stand the idea that the sinful people he was called to share his message with might actually repent and turn to the Lord. He was angry at God for the Lord showed grace to those sinful people and His steadfast love touched them. He was so angry that he told God he’d rather die than see them be saved. Yet Micah’s heart is breaking for his people that are not repenting. He longed for them to choose the Lord and to be saved from their wayward lives. He was willing to make the grandest displays one could make to show their grief, possibly hoping that display may cause some to return to the Lord. Which camp then do you fall in? Longing for sinners to find salvation or longing for sinners to find destruction? And let’s not just answer it thinking only about that beloved family member of yours that doesn’t yet know Jesus. Think also about the convicted murderer in prison right now, or the terrorist in another country. Whether it’s a criminal, someone from a different religion, or your grandchild, if they don’t know Jesus their future is destruction. Does that break your heart or does the sound of people getting what they deserve sound pleasant to you? Let’s praise the Lord that we didn’t get what we deserved but instead received freely God’s grace and salvation. Let your heart break for all those who don’t know Jesus, and let that passion within you fuel your sharing of the Gospel with all. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3303
- The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Micah 1:1 – Quick history lesson, Hezekiah and Jotham were good kings and Ahaz was not. That means that God’s Word came to Micah during the good seasons and the bad seasons. That the circumstances of life didn’t dictate whether God could speak or move how He wanted. Whether the season was good or bad, God continued to speak and move mightily. We must remember this. Know the state of the season you’re in doesn’t determine for God if He can speak to you or move for you. With Micah whether it was a good or bad season it didn’t matter. God spoke and used him in both seasons and will for you as well. God is way over and more powerful than the seasons of life we are in. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 662
- For behold, the Lord is coming out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth. Micah 1:3 – The Lord isn’t still when it comes to our sin. Here Micah proclaims the message of God to God’s people about how God isn’t going to let them continue in their sinfulness any longer. Their sins of idolatry, stealing property from each other, and more was going to be dealt with an oppressive nation coming upon them. God is going to get up from His place and take care of things to straighten the walk of His people. What we must remember is this is exactly what God did for us too. God didn’t stay still with our sin either. Instead Jesus left the beauty of Heaven, came to earth, died for our sins, and rose again to offer us life. God didn’t stay still. God is now inviting you to not stay still in your sin either. Whatever sinfulness that you may be choosing to sit in a little longer, choose today to no longer sit there. If our God loved us enough to come down from Heaven to make a way for us to move out of our sin, let’s take that move. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2093
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