Micah 7 - Praying God's Word

Please read Micah 7.

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Meditate on verses 1 and 7.

Woe is me!  For I am like the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers. 

There is not a cluster of grapes to eat, or a first ripe fig, which I crave.

But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD;

 I will wait for the God of my salvation.  My God will hear me.

The first six verses of Micah 7 sound quite depressing and discouraging; they expound on the fact that life is hard.  The remainder of the chapter exults in the hope of God doing the miraculous in the midst of the difficulty.

Pray Micah 7: 7-9, 14-15, and 18-20 over difficult situations in your life and the lives of those you love, as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, as for _________ and me, we will watch expectantly for You;

we will wait for You, God, of our salvation. 

My God, You will hear us! 

Do not let our enemy rejoice over us.

 Though we fall, we will rise;

though we dwell in darkness, LORD, You are our light.

 LORD, we will bear Your indignation

because we have sinned

 against You, until You plead our

 case and execute justice for us.

 You will bring us out to the light, and

 we will see Your righteousness.

 Shepherd us, Your people, with Your

scepter, the flock of Your possession.

 Show us Your miracles!  Who is a God like You,

who pardons iniquity and passes over the rebellious act

 of the remnant of Your possession? 

You do not retain Your anger forever because

You delight in unchanging love. 

Please have compassion on us again;

tread our iniquities under foot.

 Cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. 

We desperately need Your truth and unchanging love.

Because of Your name, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell