That we should remain oblivious to our own sin is a fearful state of affairs. Yet, again and again, the realisation of our sin seems to be a delayed event. Too often we only recognise a negative attitude or pattern of behaviour after some time of continuing in these habits. Somehow, we manage to ignore these things and get on with life while the Spirit of God cries out within us to recognise how we are grieving him. We hurtle forward in pride or anger or selfish ambition, or whatever other dysfunctional state we are in, shutting out the reality of the state we are in. It haunts me to think that I should ever lack such basic self-awareness. But thank God that he perseveres in getting through to me just as he perseveres here with Israel through Micah. Micah writes to a people who were smugly self-righteous whilst either perpetrating or tolerating the most heinous injustices. They should have received Micah’s wake-up call with gratitude. They should have been relieved that God had not left them to their own sin. But instead, they preferred to listen to their own false prophets who were merely externalisations of their own self-deception. Always be open to God’s correction. Make regular time to allow him to assess your life. This kind of God given self-awareness is the gateway to freedom. What does God see and how does God feel when he looks at your manner of life?
Ask God to help you see yourself as he sees you.
Read Micah 2 and 3
