Micah
(Micah 1-5. Tune: “Now Thank We All Our God”)
1. Now came the Word of God; To Micah the Morasthite.
In the days of Jotham; Ahaz and Hezekiah.Hear all ye people heed; O earth all therein is;
And let the Lord our God; Against thee witness be.
2. Woe to them that devise; Work iniquity, evil;
Upon their beds plan they; Practice it in the morning.The pow'r is in their hand; To covet fields and lands.
With violence take away; Men's houses and oppress.
3. Unto the prophets cry; Who bite, defraud My people;
Night shall be unto thee; A vision thou shall not have.It shall be dark to thee; And thou shall not divine.
The sun shall go down o'er; Such prophets shame shall come.
4. But in the last days shall; God's mountain be
established.
Exalted it shall be; Above the hills, the nationsShall come and say “Let us, Go up the mount of God...
For Jacob's God will come; To teach us all His ways.”
5. But thou O Bethlehem; Ephrathah land of Judah;
Little though thou has been; Among My people's thousands.Yet out of thee shall come; Forth unto Me that is,
To rule Israel My house; Whose going forth's of old.
6. We are Your house today; Your Bethlehem, Your people.
Crucified to the world; The world crucified to us.Made for Your glory now; To bear Your life on earth;
Despised though we may be; Much greater hope have we.
(UK Revival Labour (Scripture Lyrics)
The Book of Micah:
1.The lamentation of Micah (deep sorrow for sin in his days):
- He called people's attention to their sins.
- He made illustrations about their judgements.
I must be sensitive to God's sorrow over the sinful state
of my generation.
Prayer:
- Lord, please baptise me with Your sorrow over the pollution of my present world.
- Sensitise my heart to the travail of Your heart over sin and help me to respond to it.
2. Micah's list of the sins of the people:
- Their delight in false prophets (opposed and silenced true prophets).
- Their covetousness, violence, fraud, oppression, etc.
- Their high-mindedness against the judgement of God.
Making a list of my inadequacies will speed up the help I
need to overcome them.
Prayer:
- Lord, do a speedy check of any residue of deadworks in my life and rid me of it.
- Lord, please deliver me from several ways that I have been silencing or opposing the message of the Cross of Jesus Christ in my life.
- Grant me the grace that is attached to the humility of Jesus Christ.
3. Micah's boldness in confronting their sinful leaders:
“But truly I am
full of power by the Spirit of the Lord, and of judgement, and of might, to
declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. Hear this I pray
you, ye heads and princes of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of
Israel, that abhor judgement, and pervert all equity” - Micah 3:8-9 (KJV)
I need BOLDNESS to exercise my divine power over all unrighteousnesss.
Prayer:
- Lord, grant me the courage to walk in the fulness of the Great Gospel of Jesus Christ.
- Increase Your strength and might within me; let me be bold to declare Your Truth in all circumstances.
4. Micah's call to the Mountain of the Lord:
- To build “Gospel-church” instead of “worldly-church.”
- To silence the enemy and establish Christ's dominion.
- A call to “arise and thresh”. (Micah 4:13)
I must yield to
the call of raising consecrated lives unto God.
Prayer:
- Lord, release Your purging power upon my life without measure.
- Make me a thoroughly cleansed channel that can reproduce cleansed and consecrated lives unto You.
- Establish me in the sanctification that the Cross of Jesus Christ has wrought in my life.
5. Micah's prophecy about the “Promised Deliverance”:
- Divine support for the people amidst troubles.
- JESUS as the Deliverer and Peace for the people.4
- Micah 5:2 / Matthew 2:5-6 / Revelation 2:27)
I must walk in the reality of my 'Divine Backing'.
Prayer:
- Lord open my eyes to the unlimited support that is available to me from above.
- Lord, please establish me in the peace that surpasses troubles and challenges.
- Let me not fall on the wrong side of prophecy.
6. Micah's declaration of God's requirement (Micah 6:8):
- Conviction by 'The Gospel-Grace'.
- God's people as reprover of sin.
I am a partaker of the abundant grace of the True Gospel.
Prayer:
- Lord, let the grace of the Gospel of Jesus Christ collide with my heart afresh so I can obey divine instructions at all times.
- Let me not be led away by the errors of my generation, please keep me standing and help me meet Your requirements at all times.
7. Micah's charge to the “Body of Christ” in his time (Micah
7:7-8):
- To foresee its victory over the enemy.
- Comforts available during overwhelming situations.
- To solely trust in God at all times.
My triumph is in the mercy and the grace
of God.
Prayer:
- Lord, open my eyes to the comfort You have given me in Christ Jesus; let me step into it in every area of my life; increase my confidence in this comfort.
- Lord, help me to overcome my flesh daily in Your mercy and grace.
- Let me not despise the power of Your Gospel in my life.
- Help me to lay hold on the precious faith through the righteousness of Jesus.
- Lord, let me always seek Your knowledge that multiplies grace and mercy.
HELP THE BODY OF
CHRIST TO OPERATE IN YOUR DIVINE POWER AND CAUSE THE TRUE GOSPEL TO FLOOD THE
CHURCH IN MY GENERATION.
