How incredibly rich is this prophetic book of Micah. What an amazing multifaceted gift God gave the world in this prophecy. In this short little book God:

Warns his people who are left in Judah that they are headed off a cliff. For your own sake please "TURN AROUND."
God explains in graphic detail how horrible the consequences of their rebellion will be if they don't repent and turn from their evil ways. The unthinkable will happen to Judah, who only 200 yrs earlier, during the height of King Solomon's reign was a dominant world power and the richest nation in the world.
God also blames the Nation's leaders for their favoritism and how unjustly and without mercy they behave. They are selfish and out for themselves.
THEN, as if to say "but I still have a plan to save all those who repent and humbly come to me," in Chapters 4 & 5, God gives the whole world an amazing gift of the prophecy of Jesus' reign after his 2nd coming. This prophecy that WE STILL LOOK FORWARD TO TODAY!
Then God gets very practical again for those of that day, and for everyone one of us who has or ever will live until THAT DAY when Jesus returns. In Chapter 6 God gives us the recipe for a satisfying life and the perfect society here on earth.

What an amazing book of prophecy. But again, does it have anything relevant to us in 2020 living in the United States of America?

With graphic clarity Micah tried to warn the people in 750 BC of the coming destruction. Destruction for them personally, for their nation, and even for God's Holy Temple. They just could not see their sin, and they certainly could not believe God would abandon his people. Would God abandon his favored people? Would God destroy his Holy Temple. NEVER they believed!

But He did.

Would God let a great country like ours, like America, be destroyed?

If we can learn anything from the scriptures that is relevant for us today, it is that God does not care about nations in and of themselves, God cares about is His people's hearts. Their hearts for Him, and their hearts for what God cares about in this world – people! All people, and especially for the vulnerable and hurting in this world. As the prophet reminds us in Micah chapter 6, God simply wants us to act justly, not some of the time, not just when it benefits us, but all the time. He wants us to see to it that justice prevails, especially for those who struggle to obtain justice on their own. He wants us to Love Mercy. To show mercy and to have a heart for – a natural tendency toward - showing mercy, rather than a heart of judgement. And He wants us to walk closely with Him with a proper posture, knowing our place and limitations as a mere human. He wants our default posture to be one of humility, not pride and not focused on self. With this he is giving us a formula for not only a personally rich and satisfying life, but a recipe for a humanity on this earth that resembles best "His kingdom."

Well, you decide. Is God's word through the prophet Micah relevant to us today?

I pray the Lord's blessing over you and yours, as you Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly with the God of heaven.