A time of calamity

Micah 2: 1 – 3

Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning's light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.

They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his inheritance.

Therefore, the LORD says: "I am planning disaster against this people, from which you cannot save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.

A time of calamity…….

How many of us realize, that God has the power to bring calamity, or to keep it far from our lives?

What dictates whether He brings it or not, is usually our proximity to Him.

If we are far from God, our lives are generally filled with it. When we are close to Him, He protects those who love Him.

That doesn’t mean we’ll never have trouble, but when we are close, and trouble/calamity come, we know that God does so, to build our spiritual muscles.

Big difference!

Those first verses of this scripture passage, have a strange and familiar ring to them. Could it be that it vaguely reminds us of the land we live in?

We know that as we move closer to the end of times, disaster will come.

How gracious, that God would give His people ample warning. Maybe before calamity comes, we better get right with God.

The time is coming, when all people better get with it, and steadfastly serve the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob……