Troubling Times of Woe

Friday, July 14, 2015
Micah 7:1-7 NIV 

1 What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave. 2 The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets. 3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire-- they all conspire together. 4 The best of them is like a brier, the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. The day God visits you has come, the day your watchmen sound the alarm. Now is the time of your confusion. 5 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with the woman who lies in your embrace guard the words of your lips. 6 For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law-- a man's enemies are the members of his own household. 7 But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What is the prophet's complaint? (v.1-4a)
2) What day has come and what will happen to the people of God as a result? (v.4b-4c)
3) What does the prophet warn the people of God against doing and why? (v.5-6)
4) What will the Prophet Micah do? (v.7)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
5) Do you believe that this nation is going through the same troubling times that the Prophet Micah warned Israel of? If not, why not?
6) What have you purposed to do during these troubled times?

LIFE LESSONS
7) The Lord warns His people of troubling times so that we will be watchful and place our hope wholly on Him.