Saturday 23 Jun 2012

Saturday Reading: Micah 6:8

Key Verse: Micah 6:8
8  He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Devotion:
The first thing that pops into my head whenever I see this verse is that Veggie Tales song, and now that we have both got it stuck in our heads let’s continue with a smile!

I continue to try to learn each and every day from what God has given me. I continue to try to live for Him, to do His work and to continue upholding His Word. I know that I will face people every day that will put me down for my belief and trust in our Awesome God, but I know that my life is secure in His grip and that nothing else will actually do. I know that I will fail in many of the things that I do, but I also know that God is still supporting me as I learn to do it a bit better next time with His guidance and His help.

After living a life that fell very short of the mark I always feel like I have something to make up for but each time I look into God’s Word I am reminded that He is the one who has already done everything so that I will not have to continually try to live up to His standards. I know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He came to lay His own life down on that cross to take on my sin debt. I know that He rose again to defeat death once and for all to show us that He is willing and able to do that for us if we trust in Him. There is no way that I could do anything like that so my lot is not to try to think of ways in which I can get a bit closer, but simply to walk humbly with my God. He has already made it possible for me to do that and has shown me how I can through His Word – so I walk humbly with Him.

In order to do that there are a few things that I have to do along the way and that is to be just and merciful just as He has already been to me. That means that I must not do as much of the rest of the world seems to do; I must not think that the world revolves around me or that it owes me anything. Just because I do things right does not automatically mean that everything is going to go right for me; this world is a very corrupt place and we live in that corruption. Expect corruption, but you don’t have to accept corruption. We should live justly, always striving to do what is right. Another hard point for us is going to be those times when people annoy us and we are then expected to forgive them when they say sorry; well think about how we live with God and ask for His forgiveness…

Points to Ponder:
Do you live justly and with mercy toward others?

Are you walking humbly with your God?