O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he
requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with
your God. (Micah 6:8, NLT)
The walk through many of the days of our lives is oft made
more problematic and challenging not by the circumstances of the day but by our
choices in each particular day. Of course, one must acknowledge challenges and
problems can and will come on any given day and those must be dealt with using
faith and fortitude but what about the neglected matter of often choosing not
to step into the faith we might so righteously claim is so important to our
lives.
Faith is not something to be claimed like an award, at
various moments in our lives. Faith is the vital dynamic action of believing
and stepping into what is around us and what is unknown before us with our
hearts and minds anchored in God’s love and truth while trusting God’s ways
will be right and His blessing will follow us as we obey.
What is good in our lives always originates from God and yet
we neglect Him and His ways with regularity, choosing instead the easily
manipulated and malleable foolishness of our own human emotion, self-centered
will and aggrandized intellect.
Oh, that we would see the light of God’s truth and stay on
His pathways that will always lead to life and blessing. What contentment we
abandon in our hearts when we fail to do what is right and just according to
His Word. What joy we forfeit when we fail to love and implement mercy and
grace in our involvement with those around us. What peace evaporates and
vanishes from our lives when pride inflates and escalates our self-importance
at the expense of the truth of our real deficiencies and need of God’s saving
and redeeming grace.
I leave you with a simple prayer … “Wonderful Heavenly
Father, help me to be thankful and rest with full assurance that everything
good comes from you! Give me a contented and courageous heart to always do what
is right according to your Word and your Spirit. Help me to love the mercy and
grace that saves me through Jesus Christ and help me to freely give it to all
of those around me. And Dear Father, let me walk, in all my days … forever and truly
humble in my need of you and full of praise for your steadfast love in and on
my life. Amen.”
Suggested Reading …
Micah 6
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