Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning's light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it. (Micah 2:1)Thirty years before Sir Edmund Hillary conquered Mt. Everest in 1953, another British climber, George Mallory, was asked why he wanted to climb the tallest peak in the world. His reported answer? Because it's there. Mallory died on his third attempt to reach the summit in 1924.
If Micah had asked the oppressors of the poor in Judah why they behaved as they did, their simple answer would probably have been, Because we can.
No one likes to be the victim of bullying, but if we look hard enough, there's always someone weaker than us. There's always someone upon whom we can vent our anger. Why would we do that? Because we can.
Hopefully that's not our final answer. Micah's famous response to the people of Judah, where the strong took advantage of the weak, was this: He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God (6:8). Why? Because we can.
God makes some people strong not so they can abuse the weak, but so they can protect them.
Is there someone who needs your mercy?
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