Project 119: Micah 4:6-13

October 12, 2018 |  Project 119  |  Dr. Wayne Splawn

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One of the reasons I love to read the prophets is that I am always reminded of God’s steadfast love when I read the words of hope and restoration found in each prophetic book. There is certainly a fair amount of indictment and words of impending judgement throughout the prophets, but each of the prophets also speaks of a work of redemption God will do in the lives of His people if they will repent and return to Him with their whole hearts. Here in Micah 4:6-13, Micah continues the message of redemption and restoration that we read about yesterday. In verse 10, Micah acknowledges the painful judgement God’s people will endure because of their unfaithfulness, but he also tells the people that God will one day rescue and redeem them. Punishment and destruction will not have the last word.

I am so grateful that the Lord has been kind enough to rescue and redeem me through Jesus Christ. In addition to the work of salvation I have experienced in Christ, I have also seen how God has continued to pursue me during seasons of disobedience. God has not and will not give up on me. Thank the Lord today for the work of redemption and rescue He has accomplished in your life. Additionally, ask the Lord to give you a heart that longs for others to experience this same work of rescue and redemption. God is able to save and redeem anyone. May we always have a heart that longs to see all people experience the salvation of God.

Micah 4:6-13 (ESV):

The LORD Shall Rescue Zion

6 In that day, declares the LORD,

I will assemble the lame

and gather those who have been driven away

and those whom I have afflicted;

7 and the lame I will make the remnant,

and those who were cast off, a strong nation;

and the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion

from this time forth and forevermore.

 

8 And you, O tower of the flock,

hill of the daughter of Zion,

to you shall it come,

the former dominion shall come,

kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.

 

9 Now why do you cry aloud?

Is there no king in you?

Has your counselor perished,

that pain seized you like a woman in labor?

10 Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion,

like a woman in labor,

for now you shall go out from the city

and dwell in the open country;

you shall go to Babylon.

There you shall be rescued;

there the LORD will redeem you

from the hand of your enemies.

 

11 Now many nations

are assembled against you,

saying, “Let her be defiled,

and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”

12 But they do not know

the thoughts of the LORD;

they do not understand his plan,

that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.

13 Arise and thresh,

O daughter of Zion,

for I will make your horn iron,

and I will make your hoofs bronze;

you shall beat in pieces many peoples;

and shall devote their gain to the LORD,

their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.