Micah 1 In the early years of my work as

Micah 1

In the early years of my work as a Pastor I would attend many conferences to become better at what I was trying to do.
During the 90’s I remember sitting listening to one leader suggest that we need to understand what kind of leader we are. Are we a city Pastor or a town Pastor? Should we focus on the agricultural people or the business people? Are we the right people in the right place?
To be honest, I didn’t know what I was. I only knew God had called me to Dewsbury, which at the time was a church of 55,000 people. Not exactly a city.
There were times when I wondered if being a city Pastor you had ‘arrived’ but as a town Pastor well, who wants to hear from a town Pastor?
I knew Pastors who longed to be city Pastors and did everything they could to be one. They got their dream, they had become someone, now people would notice them.
I knew city Pastors who looked at town Pastors and would have done anything to swap.
Why do I mention all this under Micah chapter 1.
Moresheth where Micah came from was about 25 miles southwest of Jerusalem on the border lands between Judah and the Philistines. Micah was from the country but was sent to bring the word of The Lord in the city.

There are times when God asks you to move outside of your experience and speak for Him.
Doing so does not guarantee you a greater degree of success.
What the ‘city’ needs may be found in the ‘country’. Micah would prophecy that out of the smallest, Bethlehem, the Messiah would come. Therefore the city is of no greater importance than the country. You haven’t arrived when you arrive in the city.
Don’t let anyone look down on you where you are serving God.
Be ready to return to the place of the unknown after you have done what God has required. That’s what Micah did.
Understand what the application is for what is your ‘country’ and ‘city’ and resist the temptation to be or do what God is not asking of you.