Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 3 December 2021
TOPIC: The Devastating Effects Of Sin
TEXT: Micah 1:8-16(NKJV)
1. The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2. Hear, all you peoples! Listen, O earth, and all that is in it! Let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple.
3. For behold, the LORD is coming out of 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 split Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place.
5. All this is for the transgression of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? [Is it] not Samaria? And what [are] the high places of Judah? [Are they] not Jerusalem?
6. “Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field, Places for planting a vineyard; I will pour down her stones into the valley, And I will uncover her foundations.
7. All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, And all her pay as a harlot shall be burned with the fire; All her idols I will lay desolate, For she gathered [it] from the pay of a harlot, And they shall return to the pay of a harlot.”
Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 3 December 2021
The voice of Prophet Micah here represents the voice of God as He continues to lament over the sins of His people Israel and Judah. The reason God laments when His people betray Him by choosing the path of sin instead of the path of righteousness is not because for the people. He hates to see them suffer the devastating consequences of their own sinfulness. Sin, of whatever kind, comes with dire consequences on the sinner himself and on people close to him too.
Micah noted here that sin has the power of addiction (v.9). It grows until it turns the sinner into a perpetual prisoner. Therefore, one must deal with sin decisively by turning to Christ for help, else it will destroy him. Micah also noted that sin is like a virus; it can be contagious. From Israel it spread to Judah (v.9). Indeed, bad company corrupts good morals (1 Cor. 15:33). Children of God must learn to choose their associates, partners and friends, carefully and prayerfully. Finally, the consequences of sin are many, such as shame, certain diseases, loss of confidence, and ultimately, eternal condemnation. Jesus Christ alone has the permanent cure to sin. Go to Him now!
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to deal with every sin in my life today, and establish me in godliness. Amen.
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“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”— Mother Teresa
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