Micah 4:1-7:20

“In the last days”, Micah says. There is a lot of speculation as to what those last days entail. Some people have devoted countless hours studying and calculating the details of “the last days”. Did God throw us a tidbit of information, a clue to some great mystery? Whether we are talking about Isaiah or Micah or Revelation, is there a hidden message that only a few are able to understand? And if that is true – whose message is the right one in light of the many theories out there?

What is God hiding? I believe the answer is, nothing. Our God wants us to know him. He has laid out his plan, explained himself, shown himself to be true. I don’t believe he would change his MO about “the last days.”

Yesterday my pastor pointed us to the Scripture that says a day is like a thousand years to the Lord. So it’s been like two days since Jesus went to the cross. We are bound by time. God is not. We are in the last days. But so was Paul. So was my grandfather who died in 1966.

Here’s what I believe God wants us to know. Life is hard. Evil exists. There are consequences for rejecting God. The temptation to sin will be with us every day we walk this earth. We will experience times of victory and times of defeat. We will know hunger and thirst for God when we don’t walk with him. We have a Savior in the person of Jesus Christ. Forgiveness is ours for the asking. And until God returns, he will use every means possible to draw all men to himself.

The pictures the prophets paint concerning the last days are not meant to hold a key to a mystery. They are written to encourage us, get our attention, point us to Jesus, and remind us that God is still on the throne and one day, we’ll be in his presence for the rest of eternity. I can’t get caught up in the details someone has interpreted from Scripture, which may or may not happen. 

Jesus is coming again. That’s really all I need to know. Because when he does, I want to be counted with the redeemed. I want my family and friends to be counted, too. I want to meet Jesus surrounded by many who are there because I was faithful.

Dear God, you have given me another day. May I use it to honor you, to reach out to someone who needs you, to represent you in everything I do and say. And if you come back today, may I be ready. May you find me busy sowing and reaping, sharing you with others, being the woman you intend for me to be. May Jesus be glorified.