We Will Rise    

   

  Today's moral sickness is nothing new.  

The prophet Micah writes in chapter 7:

  

What misery is mine! 

The godly have been swept from the land.

All men lie in wait to shed blood.

Both hands are skilled in doing evil;

the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes,

the powerful dictate what they desire - 

they all conspire together.

But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord,

I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.

Do not gloat over me, my enemy!

Though I have fallen, I will rise.

Because I have sinned against him,

I will bear the Lord's wrath...until he establishes my right.

He will bring me out into the light;

I will see his righteousness. 

Jesus

   Commentary: God calls believers in Christ to live "without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars." Philippians 2:15

   Evil may increase and society disintegrate, but we can offer God's gift of salvation to all who will listen...until the day when He will set things right.

   See Micah 7:15-20.