QT 19/11/2025 Wed. Micah 2 “When Power Is Misused” “当权力被滥用时”
QT 19/11/2025 Wed. Micah 2 “When Power Is Misused”
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📖 Scripture Focus
“Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.” — Micah 2:1 (ESV)
💡 Reflection: “When Power Is Misused”
Micah 2 opens with a strong “woe.” God confronts people who use their power not to bless but to exploit — those who plan evil in the dark and carry it out in the light. In ancient Israel, this meant landowners who seized fields, robbed the poor, and twisted justice for gain (v. 2). Their sin wasn’t ignorance — it was intentional. They lay awake plotting how to get more, even if it hurt others.
God’s response is equally deliberate: “Behold, against this family I am devising disaster” (v. 3). The same word used for “devising evil” is used for God “devising disaster.” He meets calculated injustice with calculated judgment. It’s a sobering reminder that God cares deeply about how we use power, influence, and opportunity.
But Micah doesn’t end with condemnation. In verses 12–13, hope breaks through:
“I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob; I will gather the remnant of Israel…”
God promises to gather His people again. Judgment purifies; mercy restores.
Through the Shepherd-King (the “breaker” who goes before them in v. 13), God leads His people out of bondage into freedom — a picture ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd who breaks open the gates of sin and death for His flock.
❤️ Gospel Connection
Like the corrupt leaders of Micah’s day, we too might end up (if we are not careful) misusing what God entrusts to us — our time, authority, or influence. But Christ bore the judgment for our greed and pride.
Where we “devise evil,” He “devised salvation.” Where we grasped for control, He surrendered Himself in love. Now He calls us to walk in His ways — using our power to serve, not exploit; to heal, not harm.
🙏 Application
(1) Examine your influence. How are you using the “power of your hand”? In your family, workplace, church — is it for service or self?
(2) Guard your thoughts. Evil plans often begin quietly, “on our beds.” Bring even your private desires before God.
(3) Follow the Shepherd. Jesus, the “Breaker,” has gone before you to free you from sin’s grip. Let Him lead you into integrity and compassion.
🕊️ Prayer
Lord, You see every motive and plan of my heart. Forgive me for the times I’ve used my influence selfishly or ignored others’ needs. Thank You for Jesus, who broke through my sin and led me into grace. Help me to walk humbly, act justly, and use what You’ve given me to lift others up. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.
QT 19/11/2025 星期三. 弥迦书 2 “当权力被滥用时”
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/mic/2/
📖 经文聚焦
那些在床上图谋不义，并且行恶的人有祸了！因为他们的手有力量，天一亮，就作出来了。——米迦书 2:1
💡 默想：“当权力被滥用时”
弥迦书第二章以强烈的“祸哉”开篇。神斥责那些滥用权柄者——他们不为祝福他人，只为榨取利益；在黑暗中图谋不轨，在光明中肆意妄为。在古代以色列，这指的是那些侵占田地、掠夺贫民、扭曲司法以谋私利的地主（第2节）。他们的罪并非无知——而是蓄意为之。他们彻夜盘算如何攫取更多，纵使伤害他人也在所不惜。
神的回应同样深谋远虑：“看哪，我正在为这家族筹划灾祸”（第3节）。“筹划灾祸”与“筹划恶事”使用了相同的希伯来原文字根。神以精心设计的审判回应精心策划的不义。这令人警醒地提醒我们：神极其关注我们如何运用权柄、影响力和机遇。
但弥迦书并未止步于谴责。在12-13节中，希望破晓：
12 雅各家啊！我必召集你们所有的人，聚集以色列的余民；我要把他们安置在一起，像羊在羊圈里，像群羊远离了人，在草场上喧哗。13 开路的人领先上去；他们开路，闯门进入，又从门里出来；他们的王在他们面前走过，耶和华领导他们。
借着牧者君王（即第13节中“开路人”），上帝引领祂的子民脱离奴役走向自由——这幅图景最终在耶稣基督身上得以实现，这位良善牧者为祂的羊群打破了罪与死的牢笼。
❤️ 福音关联
正如弥迦时代那些腐败的领袖，我们若不谨慎，也可能滥用神所托付的——无论是时间、权柄还是影响力。但基督已为我们的贪婪与骄傲承担了审判。
我们“图谋恶事”时，祂“筹划救恩”；我们执掌权柄时，祂以爱舍己。如今祂召我们效法祂的道路——运用权柄去服侍而非剥削，去医治而非伤害。
🙏 实践要点
(1) 审视你的影响力。你如何运用“手中的权柄”？在家庭、职场、教会中——是为服侍还是为私利？
(2) 守望心意。恶谋常悄然萌生于“卧榻之间”。连私密渴望也当呈于神前。
(3) 跟随牧者。耶稣——“开路者”——已先行一步，将你从罪的捆绑中释放。让祂引领你进入正直与怜悯。
🕊️ 祷告
主啊，祢洞察我心中每个动机与计划。求祢赦免我曾自私运用影响力或忽视他人需求。感谢祢差遣耶稣突破我的罪枷，引领我进入恩典。求祢助我谦卑而行，秉公行事，用祢所赐的恩赐扶持他人。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。
