Over the past 20-plus years, I have ministered in prisons, institutions, and city slums worldwide. Few scenes compare with what we saw on our trips to impoverished nations. Humans live in poverty. In holes and tombs, from caves and shacks, with broken limbs, little or no clothing, and approaching starvation.
Why are the poor so plagued? What did they do to warrant their lot in life? In a day when leaders have no solutions, do the less fortunate have any hope? As the media focuses on the plight of the rest of the world, the handicapped, and the poor, all of us need answers.
The Old Testament prophet Micah is timely and relevant in our day. He gives answers to these very questions. The incredible event surrounding Micah is barely (maybe alluded to in 4:11-13) even mentioned in this little book.
It is the astounding way God revealed Himself in revival after the faithful preaching of Micah. Perhaps the sum of his preaching would be watch, wait, and win (7:7-8)!
After 16 to 25 years of preaching, Jerusalem turns to their Lord in a crisis. The Southern Kingdom of Judah was weak. They had recently lost 120,000 soldiers in one day of civil war (II Chronicles 28:6). But year after year, Micah and Isaiah’s messages strike home.
In the most desperate hour, Hezekiah humbles himself. Sennacherib’s army is mortally wounded. (II Kings 18-19; II Chronicles 32; Isaiah 36-37 report 185,000 Assyrians are killed in a single night by an angel.) That is revival and the hand of God. But now, to the text.
From OTI-33 – Micah (961204WE) – https://youtu.be/qHjBTm0I3RM
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