“He has
shown you, O mortal, 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” (Micah 6:8, NIV).
I love this verse. What is the good God
requires of me? To act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly. When I
believe that I have completely met His requirements to act justly and
love mercy, then I have failed in His requirement to walk humbly. So
to walk humbly I must never believe that I have “arrived” in
meeting the other two requirements. Acting justly and loving mercy
become offerings of self and heart so that walking humbly with my God
may be real.
The moment I feel I have achieved
humility is the moment that I become intimate with pride. And that is
the moment that acting justly and loving mercy are no longer offered
from a selfless heart. They are given because of a selfish need for
the offering to be recognized. Christ has shown me what “good” is
required by laying aside His life for me. Walking humbly with God is
becoming one with Jesus in His suffering. It is acting justly because
the love of Jesus has changed me. It is loving the other person more
than yourself. It is loving mercy instead of retribution. God
requires that my heart be right. When my heart is right with
Him....when it is fully surrendered....when it is devoid of self and
any pretense, then it is a heart that is humble without realizing it.
And that is what God requires. To walk a surrendered life with God
without even considering it a surrendered life. I am to act justly
and love mercy without “knowing it”. The moment that I “know
it” is the moment I have lost a humble heart.
What does God require of me? To act
justly. To love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God. He desires for
all of these to flow out of a life that is fully surrendered to Him
in selfless abandonment.
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