How God Turns Brokenness Into Beauty

Micah 7:1-7, 18-20

How miserable I am!
I feel like the fruit picker after the harvest
    who can find nothing to eat.
Not a cluster of grapes or a single early fig
    can be found to satisfy my hunger.
2 The godly people have all disappeared;
    not one honest person is left on the earth.
They are all murderers,
    setting traps even for their own brothers.
3 Both their hands are equally skilled at doing evil!
    Officials and judges alike demand bribes.
The people with influence get what they want,
    and together they scheme to twist justice.
4 Even the best of them is like a brier;
    the most honest is as dangerous as a hedge of thorns.
But your judgment day is coming swiftly now.
    Your time of punishment is here, a time of confusion.
5 Don’t trust anyone—
    not your best friend or even your wife!
6 For the son despises his father.
    The daughter defies her mother.
The daughter-in-law defies her mother-in-law.
    Your enemies are right in your own household!

7 As for me, I look to the Lord for help.
    I wait confidently for God to save me,
    and my God will certainly hear me.

... 18 Where is another God like you,
    who pardons the guilt of the remnant,
    overlooking the sins of his special people?
You will not stay angry with your people forever,
    because you delight in showing unfailing love.
19 Once again you will have compassion on us.
    You will trample our sins under your feet
    and throw them into the depths of the ocean!
20 You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love
    as you promised to our ancestors
Abraham and Jacob long ago.

“How God Turns Brokenness Into Beauty”

Message #8 - How God Turns Brokenness Into Beauty
Micah 7:1-7,18-20 

Do you ever find yourself getting frustrated when something is broken and doesn’t function anymore as it was designed to?

In this final chapter of Micah, chapter 7, we find Micah articulating his frustration over the brokenness he finds himself living in, “How miserable I am!” (Micah 7:1)

Many of us feel this way in our present world situation because of the coronavirus. But Micah is talking about something much deeper than that. He articulates that the very fabric of “who” we are as a society has been torn up and lays in a disregarded mess on the side of the road. His heart aches over the evil he sees present around him and has pointed out the specific sins and rebellion that have left leaders void of mercy, grace, and justice. In looking around he feels lost and alone among the people who have abandon the relationship with the living God for something more fitting to their palate.

In the midst of this, he states again where his hope lies… But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. (Micah 7:7)

Who do you turn to in your brokenness?

This Sunday’s message is one that challenges us to take a longer look in God’s direction. He invites us to spend some time there for the healing and hope He wants to offer… no matter what circumstances you find yourself in.