Micah 3
Many a ruler and numerous preachers have failed to hear the
words of God’s prophets, could it be that we who are in agreement that the
Scriptures are living and active have not learned to listen to the prophet
Micah? Listen and take to heart these
words; “And I
said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel.” (And we might add the teachers and preachers,
the leaders and politicians of the U.S.A.)
“Is it
not for you to know justice? —You who hate the good and love the evil.” (Thoughts
added)
Look at Micah’s warning to these leaders and
teachers/preachers, “Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my
people astray, who cry “Peace” when they have something to eat, but declare war
against him who put nothing into their mouths.
Therefore it shall be night to you without vision; and darkness to you,
without divination. The sun shall go
down on the prophets, and the day shall be black over them; the seers shall be
disgraced, and the diviners put to shame; they shall cover their lips, for
there is no answer from God.”
It is time
to look into the mirror of our hearts, examine ourselves and ask the Holy
Spirit to expose our unbelief, to expose the lies of some teacher or preacher
who wanted followers, but had no words from God. It is time to ask the Spirit to give your
ears to hear the words of Micah, for these are mighty words. Is the man standing before you on Sunday a “Micah”?
This is what the Spirit of God is
telling us from Micah’s lips; “But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of
the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and
to Israel his sin. Hear this, you heads
of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and
make crooked all that is straight, who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with
iniquity. Its heads give judgment for a
bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for
money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
No disaster shall come upon us.” Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed
as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the
house a wooded height.”
Will we follow this path, will once more the history of a
nation who looked to other gods, gods without power to do good, gods from the
minds and hearers of deceived leaders, teachers, and preachers, or will we
listen to Micah and the Micah’s of our day who speak with authority from the
Scriptures? It is a choice, and these
are the choices, blessing or curses; it sounds simple, we all want blessings,
but is that truly the case?
Many of you claim you believe in the Father, the Son and the
Holy Spirit, but have you searched the Scriptures to see if your ladder is on
the right wall? “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in
the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves,
that Jesus Christ is in you? –Unless indeed you fail to meet the test!”
2 Cor. 13:5
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