Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry “Peace” when they have something to eat, but declare war ”
NL Daily Devotion for Wednesday, November 16, 2022
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
If this isn’t a direct call-out to those folks out there preaching the prosperity gospel while children starve in our country, I don’t know what is. In fact, I don’t know if I really have anything else to say about this that Micah doesn’t already say better. After declaring Jerusalem’s rulers corrupt and withdrawing God’s voice from them, he goes on to state that he, in contrast, is filled with God’s justice and might “to declare to Jacob his transgression and Israel his sin.” Then he calls out even more such transgressions and sins—corrupt judges, priests, and prophets who all continue to claim that God is on their side.
I believe that God fills with justice and might all those modern-day prophets who proclaim truth to power, who call out all the ways in which that power oppresses entire communities in order to maintain itself. Sometimes I think we need a whole lot more Micahs out there. Maybe you are one.
How much do I know about the prosperity gospel? What are my thoughts about it?
