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Discipleship Focus: Protection
- Protection: In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus teaches us to pray that God might deliver us from evil – even the Evil One. Sometimes we need God’s protection from the sin around us. Sometimes we need protection from the sinful people around us. Other times we need protection from the sin that lies within ourselves. In any case, Jesus’ point is clear. We need protection from the Father to make it through each and every day.
Listen to
the anguish of Micah as he speaks about the social environment around him. The godly perish. The people are not interested in being
upright. Everyone around them seems to
be willing to use each other for their own personal gain. Even the people who are assigned to watch
over the people – princes and judges – ask for bribes. Neighbors cannot be trusted. People twist one another’s words. Children treat their parents with contempt.
What is
Micah’s response? Look in Micah
7:7. As for me, I will look to the
Lord. I will wait for the god of my
salvation. He will hear me.
The rest
of the chapter speaks largely about the deliverance that comes from the
Lord. He forgives our iniquity. He pleads our cause when we are unable to do
so. He executes judgment. He brings light into darkness. He shames the unrighteous enemy.
In the
end, we can speak like Micah. Who is
like our God? He does not hold onto His
anger. Instead, He prefers to deal with
His people in love. He is the faithful
one. He is the one that we can depend
upon when we are in need of protection.
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