Micah 7:19 “He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.”
Micah continues to describe God here in verse 19 after asking in verse 18 who is a God like you. Our God is righteous and just who can be angry and pour out wrath on the sinner. However, He delights in mercy, and He has compassion. While our sins are grievous to Him we find with our sins He will take our sins away. To “tread underfoot” is to remove from sight. He is so committed to removing our sins Micah says He cast them into the depths of the sea.
I have heard it said that we should picture a sign above where our sins were disposed of saying no fishing. Oh, what a God we have!!
Though we are sinful we find Him loving and still desiring a relationship with us. To have this relationship He goes so far as to not just have His Son leave heaven and come and live among us but He will have His Son die for us (Rom. 5:8). With the death of Christ, His Son, He abolished, blotted out, canceled, destroyed, erased the things written against us (Col. 2:14). The blood of Jesus cleanses and washes the stain of sin away. He frees or releases us from the power of sin.
Consider the compassionate God we have!
I found myself singing after writing this:
I’m forgiven because You were forsaken
I’m accepted, You were condemned
And I’m alive and well, Your Spirit is within me
Because You died and rose again
Amazing love, how can it be
That You, my King, should die for me?
Amazing love, I know it’s true
And it’s my joy to honor You
In all I do, to honor You
From You Are My King (Amazing Love) Song by Newsboys
Continue Strong with gratefulness for His forgiveness of your sins,
And remember to DATE the Word