Micah 6:6 With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
What does God want from me? That seems to be the question asked in these verses. What’s going to make God happy? It’s as if they don’t have any real concept of what God wants from them.
Micah 6:7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
But God doesn’t want stuff, things. (Which seriously causes me to want to re-examine all the stuff in my own life, by the way.) Verse 8 spells it out specifically: God wants us “To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with….God.” Justice. Mercy. Humility. At once both so much easier and so much harder than stuff.
Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O mortal, 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.
Lord, You have no desire to trick us or keep us in the dark about Your desire for us. Thank You. You spell out for us, clearly, what will make You happy with us: Justice. Mercy. Humility. Thank You for Your clarity. Lord, we seem to insist on making difficult something which should be so easy. Forgive us. Draw us closer. Amen.
Micah 6:9 Listen! The Lord is calling to the city— and to fear your name is wisdom— “Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.
Have a blessed day.