Wait on the LORD - Micah

 Micah 7:2-7 (ESV)

2 The godly has perished from the earth,

and there is no one upright among mankind;

they all lie in wait for blood,

and each hunts the other with a net.

3 Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;

the prince and the judge ask for a bribe,

and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;

thus they weave it together.

4 The best of them is like a brier,

the most upright of them a thorn hedge.

The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;

now their confusion is at hand.

5 Put no trust in a neighbor;

have no confidence in a friend;

guard the doors of your mouth

from her who lies in your arms;

6 for the son treats the father with contempt,

the daughter rises up against her mother,

the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD;

I will wait for the God of my salvation;

my God will hear me.

The book of Micah was written about 700 BC.   So, that would be almost 3,000 years ago.   However, if you read the above passage you might think you were listening to the nightly news.   Notice the parallels between the above and what we are hearing about and reading about today:

V, 2. There seems to be no one who has a Godly standard and each person is trying to harm the lives of another:

V. 3.  People are almost trying to prefect evilness and leadership is corrupt. 

V. 4.  Even those who seem good end up being a pain to others.   Good seems to end up being bad. 

V. 5-6.  Even your family and children and relatives can’t be trusted.   Families seem to be turning on families.  

That was probably last weeks news reel.   Man, left to his/her own devices have little hope in this world.   What is Micah’s conclusion for himself, the spiritual minded person then and now?   He says he will “look to the LORD.”   He states that he will “wait” for the “God of my salvation.”   He believes and is encouraged because, “... my God will hear me.”    Our hope is not in mankind, government leadership, or even family.  Our hope is in God, through the work of Christ and the ministry of the Holy Spirit.  We simply must wait for Him to care for us.