"O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me. For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I redeemed you from the house of bondage…”
Micah 6:3-4

Through the prophet Micah, the Lord asks His sinful erring people, “What have I done to you?” He asks rhetorically, as though He may have done something wrong to them that warranted their disobedience.

God continues, reminding them in the rest of verse 4 and verse 5, that He saved them from their 400-year bondage in Egypt. He gave them good leaders in Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. He protected them from being cursed by Balaam.

God had only done them good, yet they rebelled against their benevolent Benefactor, chasing after the false gods of their pagan neighbors.

I am sure it doesn’t need to be said, but I will anyway: Isn’t the same true regarding every one of us? What has God done to Christians to cause us to sin? Has He not saved us? Has He not provided leadership for us? Has He not protected us from the world that would have done away with us if it could have?

Lord, forgive us of our sins. Help us to remember Your kindness, grace and mercy—that You saved us! And by the blood of Christ, no less! You have provided leadership. You have protected us. O Lord, may we remember these things that we would never turn away, much less against You! Amen!