CONFIDENT EXPECTATION

MICAH 7:7 But as for me, I Watch in Hope for the LORD, I Wait for God my savior; my God will hear me.”

Micah 7 begins with a gloomy mood but ends with a statement of Hope- (Confident Expectations).

A time when:-

• There is no cluster to eat.
• Men/Women had no comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their nearest relations,
• A time when there was general prevalence of wickedness, universal corruption.

At this time, the prophet saw no safety or comfort but in looking to the Lord, and waiting on God his salvation.

When under trials, we should look continually to our Divine Redeemer that we may have strength and grace to trust in Him.

CHOOSE this -vs. 7
Ø  To Watch In Hope- Hope is definitely not; wishful thinking, dreaming, yearning, longing for, positive thinking, psychological phenomenon, presumption, "acting as if..." but Christian hope is: CONFIDENT EXPECTATION.

Ø  Your object of hope must be the LORD- Faith must have an object and the proper object of genuine faith is GOD-the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Ø  Wait for God- those who patiently wait for the LORD are not disappointed. Remember to watch in Hope is having a Confident Expectation in God and it demands that you PATIENTLY WAIT for God. In His time, He makes all things beautiful.

Ø  Be confident that God will hear you- have that Confident Expectation. And you know what? He delights to bless us beyond our highest and wildest Expectations.

• There is hope for you:- though you have fallen, you’ll rise again. Though you sit in darkness, the LORD will be your Light. Because it’s Him you sinned against, bear the discipline of the LORD. Though enemies triumph and insult, they shall be silenced and put to shame. Though your (Zion's) walls may long be in ruins, there will come a day when they shall be repaired. You (Israel) shall come from all the remote parts, not turning back for discouragements. Though your enemies may seem to prevail against you, and to rejoice over you, you should not despond. Though cast down, you are not destroyed; hope in God's mercy, with submission to His correction. No hindrances can prevent the favors the Lord intends for you (His church). Vs 8-13

Ø  We must depend upon God to work deliverance for us in due time. We must not only look to Him, but look for Him.

Ø  When God is about to deliver his people, He stirs up their friends to pray for them. He appoints a Shepherd to take care of you (His) church, as the great Shepherd of the sheep, He goes before you to guide and protect you.

Ø  God promises an answer to your prayers.

Ø  As our sins bring us into bondage, so God's pardoning our sin will bring us out. All who find pardoning mercy, cannot but wonder at that mercy; you have reason to stand amazed, if you know what it is. When God forgives sin, He takes care that it never shall be remembered any more against the sinner. He casts the sins into the sea; not near the shore-side, where they may appear again, but into the depth of the sea, never to rise again.

Faithful is He that has promised, who also will do it.

Kachel