Our Light

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; 
When I fall, I will arise; 
When I sit in darkness, 
The LORD will be a light to me. 

Micah 7:8 

The people of God often experience hard times when they ‘sit in darkness.’ Job lost family, possessions, and health. Hannah and Sarah both suffered from lack of children which they greatly desired.  Elijah became exhausted and depressed after spiritual struggle. Joseph felt forgotten in prison and longed to be liberated and vindicated. We may find ourselves sitting in darkness. Micah was sitting in darkness because ‘the faithful man has perished from the earth.’ He was surrounded by the bloodthirsty and the rapacious. There was bribery and corruption among those who held high office. He remarks that a man’s enemies were those of his own household. Who would be a light to him in his darkness? Micah looked to Christ his Shepherd. He says, ‘Shepherd Your people with Your staff, the flock of Your heritage, who dwell solitarily in a woodland, in the midst of Carmel; Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in days of old.’ Micah and David’s Shepherd was the same Person. Christ is the Good, Great, and Chief Shepherd. He is the Light of His people when we sit in darkness. He is the Cure for our sin and for our sadness. ‘When all around my soul gives way, He then is all my hope and stay.’ Christ is our Light. 

Our Glorious, Living Savior, 
we rejoice that You are the Light of the world. 
We praise You that You are especially 
the Light of Your people. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning