“You have been told
what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: Only to do the right and to
love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.” –Micah 6:8
The prophet
Micah summarizes the Ten Commandments in these three: do what’s right; love
goodness; walk humbly with God.
‘Walk
humbly.’ When we’re humble, we acknowledge that all we are, all we do, and all we
have are gifts from God. We recognize our need for His grace to help us generously
and compassionately serve others, and that it’s through this loving service
that we become more like Him. When we’re humble, we trust that He knows what’s
best for us – what will bring us closer to Him -- and so we search for Him and
His loving guidance. We ask Him to lead us
to the complete joy and true peace He wills for us; peace not as the world
gives but as He gives (see John 14:27).
‘Walk with
God.’ You can’t walk with someone who isn’t alive. Micah didn’t say, “You’re on
your own. Memorize the Ten Commandments, and good luck following them.” No. He
tells us to walk with God now, because God is alive and with us now.
This
‘walking’ may be taken both literally and figuratively. Let Him walk with you through
the ups and downs of your days. Go for a walk or sit down for a bit and pour
out your heart to Him. Tell Him what’s on your mind. Share with Him your
deepest desires, hopes, joys, fears, and doubts. Let yourself feel loved by
Him, protected by Him, affirmed and encouraged by Him. Learn from God what He
wants to teach you. He uses anything and everything to speak to us, including nature,
the people around us, and the words of Scripture. Let Him love you where you
are.
‘Do what’s
right, and love goodness.’ God is love, so when we love goodness, we want to stay
close to Him. We reject what pulls us away from Him. When we have a choice to
make – and we make many throughout the day -- we seek His wisdom, and we’re drawn
to what’s loving, right, and good. Sometimes more than one option is good; in
that case, we can be at peace with the one we select.
“Seek the
Lord and His strength;
Seek His face continually.
Remember His wonders which
He has done.” –Psalm 105:4-5
God is alive
and He is with you! Seek Him. Walk with Him. With humble reverence ask Him to
fill you with His power, peace, love, and joy so that you may become more like
Him. Ask God to use you to show His love to the world so that the world may
know Him.
“Lord, I need Your
grace to become the loving person you created me to be. Walk with me and teach
me to love what’s right and good.”
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