false prophets & dark days

But as for me, I am filled with power,

with the Spirit of the LORD,

and with justice and might,

to declare to Jacob his transgression

and to Israel his sin.

Micah 3:8

God’s prophet, Micah, stands in sharp contrast to the false prophets that the people of God rejected their God to believe. Starting in Micah 3:5, God gives Micah a message to declare against the false prophets. And this would put an end to the influence of these deceivers. They were shown for what they really were, weak and selfish liars when compared to the Spirit-empowered true prophet of God!

• The false prophets would go dark with no “vision” to empower them. Micah’s voice as the true prophet of God would ring true (Micah 3:6). Micah would be empowered by God’s Spirit.
• The false prophets were motivated by greed and material gain (Micah 3:5). The true prophet was consumed with matters of God’s justice and might.
• The false prophets loved to proclaim peace and prosperity (Micah 3:5) while God was declaring through Micah the sins and transgressions exposed in a coming day of reckoning God had for His people.

God would be true. Always. Those who claimed to speak for Him falsely would be silenced by God. Their motives would be exposed. Their light would go dark. There sin became their shame. Their lies became their disgrace.

The truth of God will stand. God need not be “propped up” or defended. You do not defend a lion… you just set him loose! And so it is with God’s Word. We proclaim it. We stand with it. The false will be shown for what it truly is.

May we share the gospel in this darkness. May we be unafraid to preach in a culture dominated by false prophets that deny God. In the end, the truth will always win out! God’s Spirit will speak! God’s power wins! God’s justice and might will be shown!