He Has Shown You - Micah 6:8

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Today we will read Micah 6:8 which says, “Mankind, He has told you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: To act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.”

Dear worshipper, it would be an impossible task and horrible burden to ask you to determine your own purpose. And even though we vainly seek our own autonomy, haven’t you found that you never really get it? You seek liberty from things known and unknown, but have you found it? You are never truly free. You are always dependent. And so the only question is to which power will you yield: yourself, others, various spiritual beings, or the Creator Himself? You must choose.

Here God tells us His expectations - His purpose - His calling not just for an individual but for humanity. And not only that, but it seems as though He’s made this plain in the past. The fact that we ignore its simplicity should compel us to remind ourselves of it often.

God tells us to act justly. To simply do what’s right. To take ownership of our own conduct and live well.

And He tells us to love faithfulness. This word is “Hesed” and means God’s Loyal Love. We can’t define it exactly because it’s a description of God’s affection and commitment to us. It’s how God is and what He’s like. We are to love that and seek to imitate it. How does God love you? How does God love others - even your worst enemy? Yes - you are to love that about God and imitate it yourself. That’s your purpose.

And lastly, we are to do this while walking with humbly with God. To be humble is to see yourself as lower than God (which of course you are). It’s to take a position of less importance.

I love this because the invitation is there to walk with God. To be close by His side as He redeems humanity. But to do so with our head lowered. We are not the important character in the story - He is! But we get to come along for the ride and be close to the action.

“I love You God for Who You are and how You do what You do. I want to act as You require, and love what You love.”