ruling the assembly of the lame

In that day, declares the Lord,

I will assemble the lame

and gather those who have been driven away

and those whom I have afflicted;

and the lame I will make the remnant,

and those who were cast off, a strong nation;

and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion

from this time forth and forevermore.

Micah 4:6-7

God’s beauty and grace shine through those who are broken. His power is given to the lame and He gathers a strong nation made up of refugees. He brings the homeless sojourners into His new home and those who limp along are assisted by His power as He reigns in restoration. This promise from Micah the prophet to the nation of Israel is that God would rebuild what His judgment had torn down. He would regather what He had scattered. He would forever rule those who had once rejected Him.

But the people that God would do this with would not be a proud, self-sufficient people who made themselves better by their own efforts. These people would be weak and helpless. They would be lame and homeless. They would need God, and God would not only rescue them, but He would regather them into a strong nation and forevermore reign over all the earth among them from Zion. This future hope will fully honor the covenants God made with Abraham, with Israel, and with David.

Jesus fulfills the covenants, as a son of Abraham, son of Israel, son of David, and the Son of God. And there will come a day when in the new heavens and the new earth He rules everything, fully acknowledged as King of kings and Lord of lords. And He shall reign forever and ever. Amen.