Micah 4:1,2
We have began our first full day in Prague at an early hour
and after praying for sometime, I began to read both in the Psalms and Proverbs
and it was the same theme, the wicked will be punished and anyone who puts his
trust in anything other than God will find that it was God only that they
needed. Then I read about the latter
days in Micah 4:1&2, “It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain
of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and the people will flow to it, and
many nations shall come, and say: “Come, let us go to the mountain of the Lord,
and to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we
may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion
shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”
Have you heard this statement; the way someone sees something
is the way it is. When I was reading in
the Psalms and the Proverbs about the wicked, I often see myself in the same way
many do, as a good person. But how do we
arrive at such foolishness, is it not by comparing ourselves to others, and
becoming judges based on our righteousness and not on the righteousness of
Christ? And is self-righteousness
anything but pride and arrogance? So
coming back to the reality that independent living is evil in the sight of God,
and that often I put my focus on people and things for my hope and that makes
me no different than the one who is putting their trust in anything other than
God.
How does that tie to Micah 4:1&2, in this way, a mind
set on need will search the Scriptures, and ask the Holy Spirit to show them
how to handle the word of God, but a mind set of those who are good in their
own minds eye, will find little in these verses. So this morning, I’ve once more looked in the
mirror and found myself poor and needy and needing the wisdom and insights of
the Spirit.
Micah 4:1, begins in this manner, “It shall come to pass in the latter days” and
for many that is a problem. Are we in
the latter days and are the prophecies of Micah soon to take place? It is my belief that from the time of the
cross we have been living in the last days, the days before the return of Jesus
Christ. It is also so important that we
time critters never forget that our Lord came to save the lost and that the Father
desires for none to perish; if you have any doubt of this read John
3:16-19. That’s what Micah has seen and
is telling us about are after the events of Matthew 24:1-31, Jesus has returned
to planet earth and the tribulation has taken place and the people of the earth
have experienced the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and
great glory. My dear reader, it is of
much importance to not allow unbelief or even doubt to fill your mind, for God
has told us His ways are higher than ours and His thoughts are higher than
ours. So when Micah saw the following; days that the
mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the
mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills,” earth critter
your job is to remember that this is a very small thing for our God.
From the Back Porch in Prague,
Bob Rice
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