Micah 7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me… This is the language of the Church of the living God. It is a sincere and upright acknowledgment of her own fault. She saw God in the dealing and conduct of her enemies. This led her to confession. This led her to holy determination; and also to patient waiting; and a believing confidence. I. THE SOLEMN PURPOSE OF THE SOUL. "I will bear the indignation of the Lord." She saw the Lord's hand in her afflictions. It is no small wisdom, when we are enabled to see clearly the mind and the dealings of God with us in our afflictions. What was the "indignation" that the Church had to bear? Not that which God shows to those who despise Him and rebel against Him; but the eternal display of God's wrath against sin, a holy indignation against iniquity; the indignation of a Father's displeasure. It is not the less painful for that. It is the very love of the father that makes his displeasure so keen to the heart of the child. II. THE REASON THAT SHE GIVES FOR IT. "Because I have sinned against Him." Sin should be regarded in three different points of view. There is a course of sin. There are sins into which a child of God may be surprised. There is the missing of the aim of the child of God. There are two features in her confession. She acknowledged the sin to have been against God. And she threw the blame upon herself. Excuse mars confession. She did not throw the blame on inward corruption. Some confess sin, but they only confess it in the general. If a man truly confesses, he searches sin to the root. Nothing more humbles the spirit than such thorough and sincere confession. (J. H. Evans, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. |
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