Micah was a prophet during the time of Isaiah and Hosea. He was prophesying before and after the fall of Israel into exile by the Assyrians.

The message in Micah chapter 1 is pointed at Samaria and Jerusalem.

There are many place names in this chapter that I am not familiar with. Here’s one name, though.

The quote is, “Tell it not in Gath.” Gath is controlled by the Philistines. He’s saying not to tell our enemies how bad things are here. In fact, it’s so bad, the pronouncement is that “her wound is incurable.”

Jerusalem and Judah aren’t going to recover from this wound. How could that be with a God who makes all things new?

Well, that’s it. He will make all things new. No Band-Aid is going to fix the problem. It needs to be made new.

Jesus will come and the description here is of mountains melting and valleys splitting open.

The old will pass away and the new will come.

That’s the story of God’s salvation, not of becoming better people, but of the old dying and the new coming.

We aren’t after better versions of ourselves. We are after Christ’s perfection, Christ Himself. We need Him and all of Him. Our wounds are incurable. We can’t pretty ourselves up and be acceptable. Our crucifixion is necessary. Our death is the only way to restoration. Death is the cure to our ailment.

One description in this chapter is that they were waiting for good. Ask God to kill you off and put His life in you. Trust yourself into His hands to put His new life in you and to work it out through you.