The first three chapters of Micah focus mainly on judgment and destruction. The judgment is against Israel and Samaria. We see there are many different reasons for this judgment, from people oppressing others, to rejection of God’s Word, to unjust leaders, to false prophets. I want to focus in on one of these reasons, and that would be the rejection of God’s Word.

When there is a rejection of God’s Word many things can happen. When there is a lack of being in God’s Word knowing His will and what is right and wrong leave very quickly. And if it is an intentional avoidance of God’s Word, it normally is to avoid a feeling of guilt or shame (as seen in Micah 2:6). Once one avoids this long enough a hardness can develop, and with this hardness comes a life full of willful sinning without the guilt and feel of need of repentance. We see here that is what is going on with Israel. They are unrepentant for their evil ways, and it seems like one of the biggest reasons they are unrepentant is because of this lack of being in God’s Word and even an outright rejection of God’s Word.

With this being said, let us be diligent to be in God’s Word. And instead of rejecting God’s Word delight in it, for it is where we find peace, hope, life, love, and so much more, and most importantly we learn about God, and his plan of salvation. God’s Word may bring guilt and if it does let it lead you to repentance!

Thanks for reading.

Pastor Josh