READ/HEAR: Micah 1-3

Micah 2:1 explains how people can have a malicious plan and have the freedom and power to perform it.

“Beware, for disaster is coming to those who plan wickedness, who lie on their beds plotting evil. When morning shines on them, they carry out their plans simply because they have the power to do so.”

Just because people do evil things does NOT mean they will get away with it. God has granted to each person a free will. Obviously He wants them to choose Him and do what is right, but they don’t always do it. Once they have enacted their plan they will reap the consequences of their actions. Ultimately He wants them to learn that “Crime does not pay … the wages of sin is death.” This is exactly why everyone needs Jesus. He forgives the sin confessed to Him and lives within accepting hearts, empowering them to righteousness.