- For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels, that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of my people. Micah 6:16 – To understand this chapter, imagine a courtroom. Israel is the one in the stand and God is the lawyer. God is asking Israel what has He done that had caused them to turn away from Him so boldly. Up to this point God had only blessed them, and any curse they had experienced was a result of their sinfulness. Our verse above reveals just how vile things were in God’s eyes. God proclaims that Israel was keeping the ways of King Omri and his son King Ahab, two earlier kings in the nation’s history. These kings went down as the wickedest kings is Israel’s history, performing the most disturbing acts of idolatry imaginable. This is what Israel was offering to the Lord as their way of saying “thank you” for the rescue and redemption the Lord had provide for them. Clearly the Lord was not pleased with this. As we examine our life and offering of gratitude for all the Lord has done for us, what do we see? Do we see a life that is seeking justice, loving to show mercy, and keeping God as the Lord of our life? Or is our life still looking a lot like our pre-Jesus life? Let’s remember the wonders the Lord has done for us and shape our life into a demonstration of deep gratitude for it all. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3308
- “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:6-8 – This passage speaks for itself. The sacrifice that God required has been given by Jesus. So the mindset that we have to sacrifice anything the be good with God is off the table. If we have the life Jesus gave us then we’re good with God. So what God asks from us to love and walk with Him. That’s sounds like a pretty amazing life. Drop the complicated gospel that you have held onto because the life God wants with you now is one of freedom, love, and joy. Let’s today try living in the sort of life God is directing us to live in. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 667
- “O my people, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Answer me! For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.” Micah 6:3-5 – Remember. This is what God is calling His people to do here within this passage. To remember what He had done within their story. How He saved them from captivity, how He brought in the right people at the right time for them, and even how He took the curses of their enemies and made them a blessing. The hope was that a remembrance might move them to a rededication of their lives to the Lord. This hope is also something God has for His people today. Remember what God has done in your story to spur a rededication of your story to Him. Dwell on the ways He has come through for you and how He has brought the right people into your story when you needed them. Let the remembrance stir in you a new passion for your pursuit of Jesus today. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2098
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