Let’s go to the word of God this morning and look at Micah Chapter 6 verses 6 to 8 in the Good News Bible for our teaching today.
(6) What shall I bring to the Lord, the God of heaven, when I come to worship Him? Shall I bring the best calves to burn as offerings to Him?
(7) Will the Lord be pleased if I bring Him thousands of sheep or endless stream of olive oil? Shall I offer Him my firstborn child to pay for my sins?
(8) No, the Lord has told us what it is good. What He requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God.
Let’s look at these three directives this morning. I am pleased to know I serve a God who does not need or want any earthly thing I possess.
Verses six and seven are not what takes my attention as to the fulfillment of what God expects from me. However, verse eight tells me clearly what the Lord requires.
(1) to do what is just
He wants all of us to do what is just. You will always have a sense of right and wrong, good and evil, and an innate nature within you to direct how you act and / or react to events in life. Do what is right. You will know what that is in every situation and circumstance, and, if you are unsure, seek the wisdom of the Lord and through the Holy Spirit you will be given guidance.
(2) to show constant love
This is sometimes difficult to do in certain situations and / or times in our life. If someone causes us deliberate pain, anxiety, sorrow, or fear, it is hard to love them. However, the word of God instructs us to forgive as He has forgiven us by the shed blood of His Son, Jesus Christ. In that shed blood we have compassion, love, mercy, and grace. We must remember that Jesus covered all our sin, we are forgiven because of the love He had for us, giving up His life and purchasing salvation for us, in that love. We are asked by our Father in heaven to show constant love, because when we do we will make better choices, (not bitter choices that cause more harm), and most often be able to turn any circumstance or situation into a praise report giving glory and honour to God who fills us with His constant love.
(3) and to live in humble fellowship with our God.
When we are humble we realize that we are never enough, we always need God in everything we do. When Jesus was born He could have been born in a castle, however, He was born in a barn, all through His life we see His examples of humility, even through to His death. Can we exhibit such humility? When we come before the Father and stay in humble fellowship with Him, He will teach us humility. In that humility, we will serve others, we will humble ourselves before our God, and before others, and God‘s word tells us we must be humble before we receive honors, Proverbs Chapter 15 Verse 33.
There is so much to be said over these three simple, and yet, powerful instructions from the Lord.
(1) Do what is right
(2) Show constant love
(3) Live in humble fellowship with our God.
Each one is a study in itself and I feel confident in leaving this with you today, to search the Scriptures so you yourself will have a greater knowledge and understanding of how these instructions will better your life. When we all live under God‘s mighty hand, following His instruction, we will be a stronger and better people showing others that our God reigns.
Are you willing to do what God requires?
You will be mightily blessed when you do.
Praise the Lord, for His goodness, His teaching and His love. Let us humble ourselves before our Lord today and everyday, until the day when we meet Him face to face and humility will have a completely new meaning and we will have a new, greater appreciation of being humble.
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