Tuesday Thought -- March 11, 2014

Good Morning Friends,

“In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. Many nations will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.’ The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” (Micah 4:1-3)

Micah paints a beautiful picture of days that are coming -- in the last days. They will be days when peoples and nations will stream to the Lord, seeking His guidance and His will. That hasn’t happened yet. The remnant has come to the Lord – the few. But peoples and nations still align themselves against Him. They seek their own will and follow their own guidance. But better days are coming.

They will be days when people and nations will allow the Lord to settle their disputes. They will recognize His sovereignty and His wisdom and turn to Him for help. That hasn’t happened yet. Peoples and nations believe they have the answers, that they are right and their neighbors are wrong. To settle their disputes they turn to conflict and war. But better days are coming.

They will be days of peace. Not just days when there will be an absence of war, but true days of peace. Days in which there is not even a perceived need for weapons and defenses. That hasn’t happened yet. Conflicts and wars have always been going on somewhere in the world. Even in the days of greatest peace, nations have still felt the need to be strong in their defense to ensure the peace would continue. But better days are coming.

When will those days come? I don’t know. I only know those days have not yet come. And I know that God, through Micah, has promised them -- in the last days. Always walk in hope -- better days are coming!

His, by Grace,

Steve