Micah 6
Walk Humbly with God!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, September 23.
The most famous quote of Micah is found in the context of God’s legal case against Israel for violating His ancient covenant. God provided witnesses of His covenant faithfulness, then, in Micah 6:6-8, He reminded them of what He expected from them in return for saving them from death:
With what shall I come to the Lord and bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves? Does the Lord take delight in thousands of rams, in ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my rebellious acts, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
God is more interested in the offeror than the offering. Micah was not rejecting the sacrificial system; rather, he was reminding them that sacrifices made to God must be subordinated to the ethics of living in a covenant relationship with God (1 Samuel 15:22-23; Isaiah 1:12-20; Amos 5:21-27). The sacrifice God has always been looking for is the character and behavior of how His people live with Him and one another (Romans 12:1-15:13). People are to act justly (James 1:27-2:13) and love faithfully (Matthew 22:37-40) by walking humbly with their God (James 4). We are conformed to the will of God through a right relationship with God because our transformation from death to life happens through faith, from the inside-out. There’s only one way for Micah 6:8 to be fulfilled in and through you, and that is to accept the invitation of Jesus Christ to find rest for your soul, and you will become like Him, “gentle and humble in heart” (Matthew 11:28-30).
Seize the moment and take upon you the custom-made (“easy”) yoke of Jesus, then, you will act justly and love faithfully because you will be like Him (Micah 6:8).
God bless you!
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