True Justice #7

 

Read Micah 7

Background: Three times now we have heard the evidence against Israel and Judah concerning their rebellion against God and rejection of His call to repent and obey Him. As Micah looks over the situation, all he sees is violence, corruption, bribery, hatred, and mistrust of anyone and everyone.  As a result, coming judgment is certain and immanent. All there is to do is wait.

Key Verses:

7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
    I will wait for the God of my salvation;
    my God will hear me.
8 Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;
    when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.
9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord
    because I have sinned against him,
until he pleads my cause
    and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light;
    I shall look upon his vindication.

Thoughts: Micah chooses to continue to trust in God and wait for His salvation. All the nations which have been used by God to discipline His people, thinking it was because they were all-powerful, will be leveled and humbled before God.  With hope, Micah looks to the ultimate conclusion of all things:

18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity

    and passing over transgression

    for the remnant of his inheritance?

He does not retain his anger forever,

    because he delights in steadfast love.

19 He will again have compassion on us;

    he will tread our iniquities underfoot.

You will cast all our[f] sins

    into the depths of the sea.

20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob

    and steadfast love to Abraham,

as you have sworn to our fathers

    from the days of old.