QT 20/11/2025 Thu. Micah 3 Corrupt leadership versus Spirit-filled boldness 腐败的领导力与圣灵充满的胆量
QT 20/11/2025 Thu. Micah 3 Corrupt leadership vesus Spirit-filled boldness
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Do you have a Spirit-Filled Courage in a Compromised World?
SCRIPTURE FOCUS:
“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 (ESV)
“Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, ‘Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.’”
— Micah 3:11 (ESV)
REFLECTION
Micah ministered during a time when corruption had infected every layer of Israel’s leadership. Judges sold justice, priests turned ministry into a business, and prophets spoke only what people were willing to pay to hear. Yet all of them claimed that the Lord was with them. They confused religious privilege for spiritual presence.
Into this moral decay, Micah stands out with striking contrast: “But as for me…”
He refuses to be swept along by compromise. His confidence isn’t in position, popularity, or payment—it is in the power of the Spirit of the LORD.
Micah’s power is spiritual, not political. It’s moral courage born from the Spirit’s filling. The same Spirit who emboldened Micah empowers believers today to speak truth in love, even when culture, institutions, or peers drift from God’s standards.
When others distort truth for gain or comfort, the Spirit calls us to stand firm in righteousness, proclaiming repentance and hope through Christ. The world doesn’t need more voices that echo its own desires—it needs men and women who, like Micah, are filled “with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might.”
APPLICATION
(1) Examine your motives. Are you serving God for His glory or for what you can gain?
(2) Seek the Spirit’s filling daily. Spiritual power is not automatic; it flows from continual surrender and communion with God.
(3) Speak truth courageously. In a world that often resists correction, Spirit-filled believers are called to lovingly declare God’s truth.
(4) Model justice and integrity. Let your life reflect the character of the God you represent.
PRAYER
Lord, fill me with Your Spirit as You filled Micah.
Give me courage to speak truth, humility to listen, and integrity to live righteously.
Keep me from empty religion and self-interest.
May my life and words point others to Your holiness and mercy in Jesus Christ.
We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
QT 20/11/2025 星期四. 弥迦书 3
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在这个妥协的世界里，你是否拥有圣灵充满的勇气？
经文焦点：
至于我，我却借着耶和华的灵，满有力量、公平和能力，可以向雅各述说他的过犯，向以色列指出他的罪恶。——弥迦书3:8
城中的首领为贿赂而审判，祭司为薪俸而教导，先知为银子说默示，他们竟倚靠耶和华，说：“耶和华不是在我们中间吗？灾祸必不会临到我们身上。” ——弥迦书3:11
反思
弥迦事奉的时代，腐败已侵蚀以色列领袖阶层的每个层面。听审的官员贩卖公义，祭司将事奉变为生意，先知只说人们愿意付钱听的话。然而他们都声称耶和华与他们同在，将宗教特权误当成属灵同在。
在这道德沦丧的洪流中，弥迦以鲜明姿态宣告：“至于我...”。 他拒绝随波逐流妥协。他的信心不在地位、名望或酬劳——而在于耶和华之灵的大能。
弥迦的力量源于属灵而非政治。那是圣灵充满所生的道德勇气。昔日激励弥迦的圣灵，今日仍赋予信徒力量，使他们在文化、体制或同侪偏离神标准时，仍能以爱心说真理。
当他人为私利或安逸歪曲真理时，圣灵呼召我们坚定站在公义立场，借着基督宣告悔改与盼望。这世界不需要更多附和世俗欲望的声音——它需要像米迦那样充满 “能力、耶和华的灵、公义和大能” 的男女。
应用
(1) 省察动机：你事奉神是为了祂的荣耀，还是为了个人得益？
(2) 每日寻求圣灵充满：属灵能力并非自动获得，唯有持续降服并亲近神才能源源不绝。
(3) 勇敢说出真理：在这个常抗拒纠正的世界里，被圣灵充满的信徒蒙召以爱心宣告神的真理。
(4) 活出公义与正直。让生命彰显你所代表之神的品格。
祷告
主啊，求你如充满米该雅般充满我。赐我传讲真理的勇气、聆听的谦卑、持守正直的品格。保守我远离虚假的宗教和私利。愿我的生命与言语，都指向你在耶稣基督里的圣洁与怜悯。
奉耶稣的名祷告。阿们。
