The Lord Will Do Me Good
Nov 2023 |
God is a good, good God. Whatever we experience in this world, we must remember, God is good. He watches over His children. He leads and guides His children in the path He wants us to go. Those who place their faith in the completed work of Calvary can say without a shadow of doubt, “The Lord will do me good.”
MICAH’S DECLARATION
Micah states, “Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest” (Judges 17:13). The book of Judges begins after the death of Joshua and continues to the birth of Samuel. It records what happens when men take their eyes off of God.
AND THERE WAS NO KING
Judges 17:6 says, “In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” Without strong leadership, they relied on their own intellect to decide how to approach God. What was right in their eyes was not always right in God’s eyes. Many pastors today present what is right in their own eyes, but is it? Does it line up with God’s Word, or are they presenting another Jesus, another gospel, another spirit (II Cor. 11:4)?
MICAH SEEKS GOD’S GOODNESS
The tabernacle had been established at Shiloh by Joshua. For over 300 years it served as the center of Israel’s worship of God. And yet, Micah sought to establish his own place of worship. He sought to establish his own means of obtaining God’s goodness.
HOUSE OF IDOLS
Micah replaced the tabernacle with his own chapel. “And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest (These images, together with the ephod, teraphim, and priests suggest that this domestic chapel was a corrupt imitation of the Tabernacle. All was contrary to the Word of God…)” (Judges 17:5, The Expositor’s Study Bible).
HIS OWN PERSONAL LEVITE
He then added a Levite: “And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest” (Judges 17:12-13). All priests were Levites but not all Levites were priests. You had to be a direct descendant of Aaron to be a priest. There is no mention that this Levite had descended from Aaron. Nevertheless, this Levite was not permitted to sacrifice on behalf of Micah even though Micah sought the goodness of God. Micah was supposed to bring his sacrifice to the tabernacle.
ONLY THROUGH THE CROSS
Just as the tabernacle was the one place that all were to bring their sacrifices, Calvary is the one place where all must come to benefit from the sacrifice of the Lamb of God. Churches who circumvent the Christ of the cross and the cross of Christ are imitating Micah. They are seeking God’s goodness apart from God’s Son.
THE LORD WILL DO ME GOOD
Micah declared, “The LORD will do me good.” He felt that he deserved God’s goodness because he established a chapel and had anointed his own Levite. He felt he was keeping the law. He was not. His actions were contrary to the law even though his intentions seemed sincere.
We are blessed through the completed work of Calvary—the death, the burial, and the resurrection of Christ. There’s no other way. By placing our faith in the one who kept the law, we keep the law. We can therefore confidently say, “The Lord will do me good.”
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