Tusite Tisema 19, 2023
Household Enemies
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MICAH 7:6-7
THE SON TREATS THE FATHER WITH CONTEMPT, THE DAUGHTER RISES UP AGAINST HER MOTHER, THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW; A MAN'S ENEMIES ARE THE MEN OF HIS OWN HOUSE. BUT
AS FOR ME, I WILL LOOK TO THE LORD; I WILL WAIT FOR THE GOD OF MY SALVATION; MY GOD WILL HEAR ME.
MAIKA 7:6-7
6 ‘Oku va‘inga‘aki ‘e he foha ‘a ‘ene tamai, ‘oku tu‘u ‘a e ta‘ahine ki he‘ene fa‘ē, ‘a e fefine mali ki he fa‘ē ‘a hono husepāniti; ko e ngaahi fili ‘o e tangata ko hono kau nofo‘anga. 7 Ka ko au te u fakasio atu he ha‘u ‘a Sihova; te u nofo‘aki tali ki hoku ‘Otua fakamo‘ui‘anga: ‘e ongo‘i au ‘e hoku ‘Otua.
"Woe is me!" So Micah begins his lament (7:1). He's not bemoaning catastrophe but the fact that he can't locate one righteous person: "There is no one upright among mankind" (7:2). One and all-prince, judge, neighbors, friends, even the woman he holds in bed (vv. 3-5)-none of them are trustworthy. "The best of them is like a brier" (v. 4). Even in the family, the son engages in naval toward his father-that is, he treats him like a fool, with contempt. Israel too had "scoffed [naval] at the Rock" of their salvation (Deut. 32:15). Micah's conclusion? "A man's enemies are the men of his own house."
Jesus quotes Micah when he calls his followers to love him more than everyone, to take up our cross and follow him (Matt. 10:34-39). As did Micah, we put our faith not in people, but "look to the LORD," to his Son, the God of our salvation. Since "the godly has perished from the earth," we look to the Cod of the whole earth, for he is trustworthy.
It is better to take refuge in you, O Lord, than to trust in man (Ps. 118:8).
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