by Stuart | 21 Feb 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
Wrath gets a bad rap in the age in which we live. This may be particularly true of divine wrath. On the one hand, some portray divine wrath as Yahweh’s petty, reactionary jealousy to the smallest of offences. He is always fuming and ready, at a moment’s notice, to fly...
by Stuart | 18 Feb 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
Micah 7 brings the prophet’s message to a close in an intensely personal way. You will remember that Micah ministered during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. Hezekiah, in particular, had implemented widespread reforms for Judah, yet, as we read Micah, we...
by Stuart | 17 Feb 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
Despite flashes of promised grace and restoration, Micah’s immediate message was still one of rebuke. God’s people had forsaken covenant obligations. In chapter 6, the Lord brings his case against them. He shows them how they failed in their covenant obligations and...
by Stuart | 16 Feb 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
In Micah 4, we considered the Lord’s promise of revival. A day would come when Mount Zion would rise above all the other mountains. A day would come, in other words, when the church of Jesus Christ would grow to dominate the world. But while giving this promise, the...
by Stuart | 15 Feb 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
As Christians, one of the more mystifying accounts in the Bible is the story of Jonah. We long to see people come to faith in Christ. No Christian in his or her right mind would get angry if God poured out his saving Spirit in abundance. Yet that was Jonah’s precise...
by Stuart | 14 Feb 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
Last week, we saw that the Lord began his message to his people through Micah by uttering words reminiscent of his denouncement against the nations. He shocked them, however, by turning the message on its head and directing his rebuke toward his own people. Chapters 2...
