What does God want us to do?
God wants us to obey Him because we love Him.
Micah—whose name means “Who is like Yahweh?”—poses that very question: “Who is a God like You, removing iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of His inheritance?” (Micah 7:18)
Micah was from Moresheth, a city in the foothills of Judah. He testified to God’s character. God’s message to Micah came in the days when Jotham was king of Judah, through the time of King Ahaz, and up to the rule of King Hezekiah--hundreds of years before Jesus was born. God’s message was about the current state of affairs in Samaria and Jerusalem. Samaria was the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and Jerusalem was the capital of the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Both Israel and Judah were corrupt. A period of economic prosperity had given way to idolatry, theft, false prophecies, and a love of evil.
Micah addressed the sins of the people—specifically the mistreatment of the poor—and warned of the Lord’s coming judgment. One day, Micah said, God would send a Messiah, have compassion on Israel, and preserve a remnant by which He would keep His promise to Abraham. (See Micah 7:20; Genesis 22:15-18.) The prophet Micah gave God’s people a message of hope: a leader was coming who would free God's people. He would be a shepherd and a king. That righteous ruler, promised through Micah, is the Lord Jesus Christ.
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