Micah 1:1

This description emphasises that Micah’s message came from God. It was ‘the *LORD’s message’. It was not ‘the *prophet’s message’. (Look at Isaiah 1:1-2; Jeremiah 1:1-2; Amos 1:1-3.) This message ‘came’ to Micah with great power. That was because the *LORD’s Spirit came into Micah. And the Spirit controlled and used him at that time (Micah 3:8). Micah refers only to the kings of the southern nation (Judah). The northern nation (*Israel) refused to obey God’s *covenant. Its people appointed kings without God’s agreement (Hosea 8:4). Micah’s book is God’s word.

There is another way in which God’s message came to Micah. Micah heard God’s voice and he understood God’s message. He also saw the things that God was saying. He saw God’s plans in a vision (dream). Micah understood the things that he saw in his vision. Some people do have this gift. They can see what God is saying. God causes them to see pictures and dreams.