"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.
“At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem”, the keynote of the service was joyful thanksgiving. They gathered together “to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving” (Nehemiah 12:27). “On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy” (Nehemiah 12:43). They sang “songs of praise and thanksgiving to God” (Nehemiah 12:46). This joyful thanksgiving is only a foretaste of the greater joy and thanksgiving of heaven: “There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away” (Revelation 21:4). In the city of God, “the glory of God” will be shining with everlasting brightness (Revelation 21:23). The Church of God will be “prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband” (Revelation 21:2). The beautiful picture of the godly wife in Proverbs 31 gives us an outline of what God is seeking to do in His people. It is summarized in Proverbs 31:30: “A woman who fears the Lord is to be ...
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