Day 267: Micah 5:1 - Nahum 2:13

The books of Micah and Nahum carry much of the same message but to two different groups. The book of Micah is yet another warning to people of Israel that they will be broken into tiny pieces and carried off as slaves to Babylon. Once again, we are reminded that we serve a jealous God and He demands our attention. Compared to Him everything else in this world is simply dead. And God is not afraid to allow us to focus on and desire those things that will end up giving us just what we've been working towards - death. God is the one and only way and by putting our focus on Him, we not only live in blessing, but we allow Him to rescue us from the only real alternative to life - death. As far as the book of Nahum is concerned, the prophet is speaking out against Nineveh and the rest of the nation of Assyria not because he hates those places, but because God called him to speak out against them and remind everybody that Assyria may be strong, but God is stronger and he is the only One worthy of our fear and respect.

- God, help me to always have the fear of God deep in my heart. Sure there are plenty of strong powers out there, but none can compare to our Lord God Almighty! -