Wait and Hope!

Reading:   Micah 1-7
My Verse:  (7:7)  "But as for me, I will look to the Lord and confident in Him I will keep watch; I will wait with hope and expectancy for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me."

I like how this book is organized.  First the sins of the people of Israel and its leaders are spelled out.  Their punishment laid out.  Then to show that all is not lost  chapter four gives a peak into the future. "But in the latter days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains; and it shall be exalted above the hills and the peoples shall flow to it." (4:1)

And then that most beautiful of verses in the Old Testament!  "But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you are little to be among the clans of Judah; [yet] out of you shall One come forth for Me Who is to be the Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from ancient days." (5:2)  How perfectly marvelous is that!  We do not wait and hope in vain!

Then in chapter six You, Lord remind us of all that You did for Israel, of Your graciousness!  It is good to remember what You have done for us.  Thank you, for this reminder.  "He has showed you, O man, what is good.  And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God?"  (6:8)

Finally, Your wonderful mercy, Lord! "He will again have compassion on us; He will subdue and tread underfoot our iniquities.  You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea." (7:19)

"My soul, wait only upon God and silently submit to Him; for my hope and expectation are from Him." (Psalm 62:5)

Ditat Deus - God Enriches!