“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”
(MI. 6:8)
“What do you expect from me?” is not a question foreign to most of us, nor is it with a host of God’s elect, especially among the novice and the untaught, when it comes to what God wants and expects of us. Studying the background of our opening text we find it was not abundant sacrifices, but something far above and beyond that God desired, as Samuel told Saul (1Sam. 15:22). Sacrifice can never replace obedience!
Micah tells God’s people the Lord had already shown them the things He looked for in their lives. The Old Testament was, and is, replete with them. To treat every person and situation justly (without partiality); to love mercy, displaying it cheerfully; and to walk with God humbly, with a bowed heart are what satisfies God's desire— not abundant sacrifices. To show Him seems to be the top priority! Not attempting to buy Him off.
Among Francis A. Schaeffer’s writings is one article entitled, “How Then Shall We Live.” Well, our main text tells us. Let’s put on hold for now “The Deeper Life,” “The Overcoming Life,” “The Victorious Life,”; along with their formulas, steps, and secrets, and instead focus in on our text. Without putting it into practice in everyday shoe leather, we are only “Showroom Mannequins."
"You can't be a good person without doing that which God calls good."
Mi. 6:8
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