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what he knew about God

Micah 7:14-20 (JDV)

Micah 7:14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock you possess. They live alone in a woodland surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in ancient times.
Micah 7:15 I will perform miracles for them as in the days of your exodus from the land of Egypt.
Micah 7:16 Nations will see and be ashamed of all their power. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
Micah 7:17 They will lick the dust like a snake; they will come trembling out of their hiding places like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will tremble in the presence of Yahveh our God and stand in awe of you.
Micah 7:18 Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not hold on to his anger forever because he delights in faithful love.
Micah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us and vanquish our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
Micah 7:20 You will show loyalty to Jacob and faithful love to Abraham, as you swore to our fathers from days long ago.

what he knew about God

Micah lived among a people who had forgotten about God. But Micah held on to two theological truths which stubbornly refused to fade away. The LORD is a great shepherd who had brought his people where he wanted them, he can do it again. The LORD has the capacity to forgive so completely it is like having thrown the offending sins into the depths of the sea. When things looked their worst. Micah held to what he knew about God.

LORD, may our understanding of who you are sustain us when nothing else seems to work.