Week 12 - Micah 7:1-9 - But as for me

Micah 7:7-9

But as for me, I will look to the Lord;

    I will wait for the God of my salvation;

    my God will hear me.

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;

    when I fall, I shall rise;

when I sit in darkness,

    the Lord will be a light to me.

I will bear the indignation of the Lord

    because I have sinned against him,

until he pleads my cause

    and executes judgment for me.

He will bring me out to the light;

    I shall look upon his vindication.

Just as when Lazarus must have squinted at the sun (John 11:38-44) when leaving the tomb, Micah will see God’s righteous justification of his people (ṣᵊḏāqâ).  

Micah does not explain how, but in some way, God will be both “faithful and just to forgive us our sins” (1 John 1:9).  

This will be a glorious sight, something indeed that will make you squint.  So, he welcomed that justice even though he knew he was not without sin.  

This in contrast to the watchman’s day (Micah 7:4).  A watchman stares into the quiet of the night scanning the horizon for any approaching danger.  Micah and Isaiah were watchmen.  That is, prophets.  They looked out and saw the destruction of Israel coming for their actions.

This dichotomy is this essence of God’s steadfast love (ḥeseḏ).

2 Timothy 2:8-13

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. The saying is trustworthy, for:

If we have died with him, we will also live with him;

if we endure, we will also reign with him;

if we deny him, he also will deny us;

if we are faithless, he remains faithful—

for he cannot deny himself.