"I
will look to the Lord. I will wait for God to save me. I will wait for
my God to listen to me" (Micah 7:7). Who is the Lord our God? The answer
to this question is found in Micah 6:18-20. Wwe are never wasting our
time when we look to the Lord.We are never wasting our time when we wait
on Him. He listens to us. He saves us. What wonderful words we have in
the last three verses of Micah. God forgives our sin. He overlooks our
rebellion. Better than our sin is God's salvation. Better than our
rebellion is God's redemption. God is not angry forever. He shows mercy
to us. God's wrath was poured out on Christ so that His mercy might be
poured out upon us. Jesus took our place. He died for us. He drank,
fully, from the cup of our condemnation so that we might drink, fully,
from the cup of His salvation. God has compassion on us. He overcomes
our wrongdoing. He sees what we are really like. He sees us in our sin.
He also sees what we can become. He sees us in His grace. Overcoming our
wrongdoing means more than forgiving our sin. The forgiveness of our
sins is very wonderful. It is not, however, all that God does for us and
gives to us. There is also the changing of our lives. God throws all
our sins into the deep sea. God is faithful. When we think of the
faithfulness of God, we're thinking of more than forgiveness. There's
also the faithfulness of God, keeping us for Himself, working in us so
that our hearts and lives may be, more truly and more fully, set apart
for Him. We think of God's great salvation, and we say, "'Tis mercy all,
immense and free." We know that this great change in us did not begin
with ourselves. It began with God. It began with His eternal love.
"Be careful! Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" (Matthew 17:6),. even after there us divine revelation (Matthew 16:17), the influence of evil can be felt (Matthew 16:23), The warning - "Be careful! Watch out ... !" must never be forgotten. Satan is looking for an opportunity to leads us away from the Lord. We must hear what Jesus is saying to us about discipleship (Matthew 16:24), and we must commit ourselves to Him (Matthew 16:25). There is nothing more important than this (Matthew 16:26). If we are to be true followers of Jesus, we must learn to live our lives in the light of eternity (Matthew 16:27). We are to seek revelations of God's eternal Kingdom, revelations which will send us back, from the mountain-top, to live each day for Jesus.
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