The Making of God's People

But when all is said and done,
    God’s Temple on the mountain,
Firmly fixed, will dominate all mountains,
    towering above surrounding hills.
People will stream to it
    and many nations set out for it,
Saying, “Come, let’s climb God’s mountain.
    Let’s go to the Temple of Jacob’s God.
He will teach us how to live.
    We’ll know how to live God’s way.”
True teaching will issue from Zion,
    God’s revelation from Jerusalem.
He’ll establish justice in the rabble of nations
    and settle disputes in faraway places.
They’ll trade in their swords for shovels,
    their spears for rakes and hoes.
Nations will quit fighting each other,
    quit learning how to kill one another.
Each man will sit under his own shade tree,
    each woman in safety will tend her own garden.
God-of-the-Angel-Armies says so,
    and he means what he says.

Meanwhile, all the other people live however they wish,
    picking and choosing their gods.
But we live honoring God,
    and we’re loyal to our God forever and ever.

“On that great day,” God says,
    “I will round up all the hurt and homeless,
    everyone I have bruised or banished.
I will transform the battered into a company of the elite.
    I will make a strong nation out of the long lost,
A showcase exhibit of God’s rule in action,
    as I rule from Mount Zion, from here to eternity.

“And you stragglers around Jerusalem,
    eking out a living in shantytowns:
The glory that once was will be again.
    Jerusalem’s daughter will be the kingdom center.”
(Micah 4:1-8)

<sup>Micah beautifully displays God's deep compassion toward His people.  God is portrayed as a teacher; restorer; shepherd; vindicator; the One who does wonders, forgives, shows compassion and mercy, and brings peace.  Let worship and adoration be your hearts response to God as you meditate on these qualities.  He wants to show Himself to you as all of these things and more.

Ask God to be your teacher so that you will become more sensitive to His ways and be better able to walk in obedience. Understand that we are living in the latter days, and receive today His promises of peace, provision and revelation.  

Refuse to walk in the ways of the ungodly.  Set your heart, mind and will to follow the Lord and to walk in His ways.

Look to and expectantly wait for God.  He will bring light into your darkness.  Where there is sin in your life , ask forgiveness.  Thank Him and praise him for all He has done and will do for you.

Think about and dwell on God's forgiveness, which not only overcomes our iniquities, but cast them to a place where they can never be retrieved.  Respond to God by receiving His forgiveness and freedom.  Then, worship Him with you whole heart.</sup>

~Bits and Pieces of the New Spirit Filled Life Bible