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July 14th
Today we are in the 7 chapters of the book of Micah.
Like Amos, Micah was a “country preacher”. More than likely, a bi-vocational preacher. One day herding his flocks and cattle, the next preaching God’s message to God’s people.
Amos, in addition to preaching to his own people, prophesied a great deal to the nations surrounding Israel and Judah. Micah’s ministry, however, was primarily to the divided kingdom of God’s people of promise, Israel and Judah. His message would include a warning about God’s dealing with His unrepentant people.
Was it straight forward? Yes. Was it cold and surgical? No way! Micah preached some and cried some. He was in agony over the careless sinning of his people. He called them to repentance. To turn back to following God.
Let’s listen to the text...“For this, I will “lament”(agonize) and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and my mourning like the ostriches. For her wound is incurable, and it has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.”
