God Destroys the Idols of My Heart
Scripture Passage: Micah 1:1-7 (NASB)
1 The word of the Lord which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and which he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Hear, you peoples, all of you;
Listen carefully, earth and all it contains,
And may the Lord God be a witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple.
3 For behold, the Lord is coming forth from His place.
He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
4 The mountains will melt under Him
And the valleys will be split,
Like wax before the fire,
Like water poured down a steep place.
5 All this is due to the wrongdoing of Jacob
And the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the wrongdoing of Jacob?
Is it not Samaria?
What is the high place of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?
6 For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country,
Planting places for a vineyard.
I will hurl her stones down into the valley,
And lay bare her foundations.
7 All of her idols will be crushed,
All of her earnings will be burned with fire,
And all of her images I will make desolate;
For she collected them from a prostitute’s earnings,
And to the earnings of a prostitute they will return.
SUMMARY
God spoke through Micah during the reign of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, regarding Samaria and Jerusalem. God is telling all the people and creation and earth to listen for the Lord will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. Micah prophesied that mountains will melt under the Lord and the valleys will be split and this judgment comes because of sins of the house of Israel. God will destroy Samaria and destroy all the idols.
MEDITATION & REFLECTION
“But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim —for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Exodus 34:13-14) God had instructed the Israelites to tear down the altars and to not worship other any other god when God made a covenant with Israelites, but once they entered the Promised Land, Israelites worshipped other gods that Canaanites worshipped. When God’s people worship idols, it is considered harlotry because we have a covenant with God, we are to be committed to God, and live a holy life, set apart for Him. God is a jealous God and He is jealous like a husband would be if his wife were unfaithful to him. God’s anger has built but at this point, after many years of Israelites’ unfaithfulness through many kings’ reigns.
What the Israelites were too weak to do themselves, God will take it upon Himself to do it. He will tear down the high places Himself, because we won’t. I think about how many times God had to tear down my high places Himself. I worshipped all kinds of things, expecting comfort from them. Just recently our family’s beloved dog, Mina passed away, and she had been such a huge part of our family. She was our joy and love, but I wonder shouldn’t Jesus be our joy and love? I wonder if we ever relied on our dog for comfort instead of relying on God for comfort. God does give and take away and I was struck with the realization that Father, Son and, the Holy Spirit lives on forever and we don’t ever have to worry about separating from Him. God gave us some time to mourn the loss and Arise, two weeks of revival worship services started just three days after our dog Mina’s passing. I am once again helplessly kneeling in front of God knowing the limitation of any earthly comfort and joy that can be taken away at any moment.
APPLICATION
I want to focus all my attention on God again, asking Him how I can live better, how I can love better. Loving others does not mean to worship them. I cannot love others properly without guidance of the Holy Spirit. I cannot love others without loving God with all my heart and soul. I want to return to first love with God again. I want to attend the remainder of Arise worship services,and finish strong and even after the two-week revival is over I want to continue to wake up early and spend time with God in the morning.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father, thank you for tearing down my high places, the idols I don’t have the heart to destroy. I am sorry I turn to other gods for comfort when You Lord, are my rock, shield, and fortress. You are an awesome God who lives forever and ever while we are merely Your creation. Help us know how we should live our lives, guide us every step of the way so that we may enter into eternal rest with You. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
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