The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Micah 2:7a,
"You descendants of Jacob, should it be said, 'Does the Lord become impatient? Does he do such things?'"
In Micah's day, as the rebellious Israelites refused to accept what the Lord was telling them of his coming judgement through his own hand-picked prophets, they attempted to persuade one another by questioning whether the Lord would do what his prophets were warning. They asserted that the Lord would do this or not do that based on their own faulty concept of God -- just like folks do today -- concepts not from what the Lord has told us of himself, but of their own device. How important to read the Scriptures and know our Creator!
I am reminded of Psalm 50:21, "When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly like you." When sinful man does not seek out in the Scriptures who God is or what he is like, often faulty assumptions arise or assertions made, that God is this way or that according to the influences of our lost and fallen nature.
"You descendants of Jacob, should it be said, 'Does the Lord become impatient? Does he do such things?'"
In Micah's day, as the rebellious Israelites refused to accept what the Lord was telling them of his coming judgement through his own hand-picked prophets, they attempted to persuade one another by questioning whether the Lord would do what his prophets were warning. They asserted that the Lord would do this or not do that based on their own faulty concept of God -- just like folks do today -- concepts not from what the Lord has told us of himself, but of their own device. How important to read the Scriptures and know our Creator!
I am reminded of Psalm 50:21, "When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly like you." When sinful man does not seek out in the Scriptures who God is or what he is like, often faulty assumptions arise or assertions made, that God is this way or that according to the influences of our lost and fallen nature.
Apart from what the Lord has revealed of himself in our Bibles, anything can be imagined. How often I have heard just these very things: "Homosexuality is OK because God loves us." or "I can't believe that a God of love would cast people into a fiery lake of burning sulfur." or "I can't believe God would send his Son to suffer if he loved him." I'll bet you have heard many of just these kinds of things (or, perhaps, thought them yourself.)
God is who he is and will not be defined by our lost and fallen intellects and proclivities. The Lord is who he says he is and he does just what he says he will do. We can find out about those things if we would but avail ourselves of what he has provided us in his word, the Bible.
Don't fool yourself about God! Learn of him and know him as he has presented himself to us in his own revelation of himself -- in the pages of Scripture. It just may spare you the horrific mistakes the Jews of Micah's day made.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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