Micah 7:7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. "My God shall hear me." What a charming sentence! There is more eloquence in that sentence than in all the orations of Demosthenes. It is a choice song for a lone harp. I. THE TITLE. "My God." It is not God alone, but God in covenant with me, to whom I look for help. To call Him "My God" means election and selection. "My God" supposes an appropriation of faith. "My God" signifies knowledge and acquaintance. "My God" implies an embrace of love. "My God" implies that the obedience of your life is rendered to Him most cheerfully. A man cannot call God his God in truth unless he desires to obey Him. And the phrase "My God" hints at a joy and delight in Him. II. THE ARGUMENT. The title contains within itself a secret logical force. As surely as He is my God He will hear me. Why? — 1. Because He is God, the living and true God: The oracles of the heathen are but liars. Those who sought unto the false gods did but dote upon falsehoods. You see in what a tone of confidence this prophet speaks; and why should not every child of God speak with the same confidence? There let it stand like a column of brass, — though all things else should fail, God must hear prayer. He may do this, and He may do that, but He must hear prayer. 2. Because He has made Himself my God He will hear me. He has given Himself to be my God. 3. Because my God has heard me so many times. Therefore, be it far from me to doubt His present and future favour. 4. Because in the covenant His hearing prayer is included. 5. Because if He did not hear prayer, He would Himself be a great loser. III. THE FAVOUR. "My God will hear me." It is better for us to have a promise that God will hear us, than a promise that God will always answer us. If it were a matter of absolute fact that God would always answer the prayers of His people as they present them, it would be an awful truth. The text means that He will hear me — 1. As a listener. 2. As a friend, full of sympathy. 3. As a judge patiently hears a case. 4. As a helper. IV. THE PERSON. "My God will hear me. Will He hear you? Are you cast down under a sense of sin; persecuted; or disappointed? Be sure that God will hear you. If any mall wills to have God to be his God, grace is given him so that He will. If you desire Christ, you may have Him. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.WEB: But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. |
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