Tuesday Reading: Micah 7:2-7
Key Verse: Micah 7:7
7 Therefore I will look to Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me!
Devotion:
If ever there was a description of the modern world, it is here. With so many people only looking out for themselves and not taking a care for anything or anyone else – this description could be of the modern world we live in now. Yet this was written before Christ was born of a man. The prophet Micah saw no trust in anyone apart from in God. He saw no reason to trust anyone but God. How dreadful a description of people that are here to worship God!
Key Verse: Micah 7:7
7 Therefore I will look to Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me!
Devotion:
If ever there was a description of the modern world, it is here. With so many people only looking out for themselves and not taking a care for anything or anyone else – this description could be of the modern world we live in now. Yet this was written before Christ was born of a man. The prophet Micah saw no trust in anyone apart from in God. He saw no reason to trust anyone but God. How dreadful a description of people that are here to worship God!
It is no wonder that Jesus came to preach about brotherly love and to try to get a few good men to come together to show the world that a small amount of brotherly love can go a long way. Although Micah paints such a desperate picture of the total lack of trust between people, even in families, this should not be the way of the Christian. Christ has taught us that brotherly love will allow us to see the side of life that He would want us to. He knows that through a bit a love we can learn to trust and depend on others again. He knows that we can learn to love and trust so long as we follow the best example.
There is no other example to us than that of Christ that we need to take notice of. We need to learn His Word so that we can find out how He wants us to behave. We need to apply His word so that we can behave more like Him. If we want to be trusted, then we have to show that we can be trusted. If we want to be believed, then we have to show that we can be believed. Building up trust is a whole lot harder than dashing it down. We need to start off on the right foot so that we can continue in harmony with others rather than being constantly out of step with God. But what we have to careful of is that we must not fall into step with the rest of the world otherwise we will be falling into line with the world that Micah so aptly describes!
Points to Ponder:
Who do you follow as an example?
When was the last time that you asked “What would Jesus do”?
Who do you follow as an example?
When was the last time that you asked “What would Jesus do”?