Thoughts on Justice, Mercy and Humble Walking

This last Saturday 11th september 2010 I was preaching on Micah 6:8

“He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.”

as I  was reflecting and asking friends for thoughts, the text  stuck in my mind for a couple of weeks. For what if we as individuals and collectively as a community lived out the text, Act Justly, love mercy and walk humbly with our God- what would that look like ? What would it do to you and I and our community?

I believe that the old prophet micah who wrote in 8 BC actually strips away all the irrelevant trappings of religion – the hierarchies, the rules, the sacrifices, the man-made interpretations – and goes to the heart of God’s expectations for the people of God – justice, mercy, and a living relationship with God.

Focuses us on the core of living out our Christian faith,  Kingdom living here and now. It brings out three thoughts:

• Kingdom living is when we stand for justice, when we speak up for those who have no voice.

• Kingdom living is when we are kind to each other

• Kingdom living is journeying with God taking Him serious

Kingdom living is when we live out how God  wants us to live here  and now reflecting what his eternal Kingdom is about.

Walking with God is a motion forward, how we journey through life with God. Because when

we interact with what we are given we develop and change and growth is not only possible but inevitable.

To act Just, Love mercy and walk humbly with our God really is Living out the grace of God in our lives journey. Because Gods grace changes us individually; when we live it out it changes our community as it continues to develop  and shape us along the journey toward eternity.

and my question lingers what would that look like in my life- in your life and in our community

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