Power and Payment

Micah 3:1-12

After addressing all the people (chapter 1:2), Micah now directs his words to the leaders of the people.  God provides leaders for his people to bring blessing and flourishing, but we see today how sin has entered into the civic and spiritual leadership through their unjust abuse of those under their care, even bragging about their righteousness as they received bribes.  As a result, Yahweh promises to bring his severe judgment upon them.  May we who are in Christ guard ourselves against abusing positions of authority in which we find ourselves, and speak out in defense of those whom society treats as commodities rather than bearers of the imago Dei.  Thanks be to God that, for those who are in Christ, God’s just judgment upon our sin has already been completely satisfied at the cross.