December 1st, 2009
READING: Micah 5:2-5
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are small among the clans of Judah,
Out of you will come for me
One who will be ruler over Israel,”
Micah 5:2
Seven hundred years before Christ, Micah passed along the message he received from God announcing his Son’s birth. Expect a baby to be born in Bethlehem (the Bethlehem six miles from Jerusalem) to rule over Israel. This king’s reign, unlike all the kings they knew, would be eternal—Christ was before time, Christ is even today, and Christ will be forever.
What a promise with every detail exact! What a God! All we have to do is to believe Him. And we should believe with confidence. Has our Heavenly Father ever deceived us? He has delivered on every promise throughout history exactly as He spoke it.
But God through Micah doesn’t stop there. Israel will suffer for its rejection of Christ until it “gives birth” to our Lord a second time when He returns to earth in glory to draw the faithful to Himself. What a magnificent promise! God is faithful and can be trusted! BELIEVE! Praise God who cares enough to give us believing hearts even in our uncertain world.
Heavenly Father,
We hear your word and still question things. Come into our hearts and open them to hear your word so we believe everything you have promised. Amen.
READING: Micah 5:2-5
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are small among the clans of Judah,
Out of you will come for me
One who will be ruler over Israel,”
Micah 5:2
Seven hundred years before Christ, Micah passed along the message he received from God announcing his Son’s birth. Expect a baby to be born in Bethlehem (the Bethlehem six miles from Jerusalem) to rule over Israel. This king’s reign, unlike all the kings they knew, would be eternal—Christ was before time, Christ is even today, and Christ will be forever.
What a promise with every detail exact! What a God! All we have to do is to believe Him. And we should believe with confidence. Has our Heavenly Father ever deceived us? He has delivered on every promise throughout history exactly as He spoke it.
But God through Micah doesn’t stop there. Israel will suffer for its rejection of Christ until it “gives birth” to our Lord a second time when He returns to earth in glory to draw the faithful to Himself. What a magnificent promise! God is faithful and can be trusted! BELIEVE! Praise God who cares enough to give us believing hearts even in our uncertain world.
Heavenly Father,
We hear your word and still question things. Come into our hearts and open them to hear your word so we believe everything you have promised. Amen.
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