Read: Judges 17:1-18:31; John 3:1-21; Psalm 104:1-23; Proverbs 14:20-21
Micah is a story of reaping what you sow. Micah stole his mothers silver and the Danites stole his ephod, priest and household gods. Micah repented and gave the silver back to his mother but he still reaped his sin. This is something we tend to want to forget. What we do matters. We will have to pay for what we have done even when we repent. God forgives us and we have peace with him but the cycle we started by sinning has to complete its cycle.
Another lesson from this story is that there is no replacement for God’s way. Micah tried to make his priest and idols his god. Everyone was doing what was right in their own eyes. Even the priests didn’t know the law of God. Only doing life God’s was will reap reward.
In John, Nicodemus came to Jesus at night. He had questions for Jesus. He understood that Jesus was from God and Jesus understood that he was genuinely interested so he gave him another clue. He told him that he must be born again. This called for more questions. Jesus told him that unless he was born of water and the Spirit he could not enter the kingdom of God. When Nicodemus didn’t get that, Jesus told him that if he couldn’t understand earthly things, how would he be able to understand spiritual things. Then Jesus gave him the gospel. God didn’t sent his son to condemn the world but to save it. Whoever lives in the light will be able to see the truth. Jesus left Nicodemus with plenty of food for thought.
Lord, help us to walk in your truth.
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