At True North Church we have been going through a series entitled "Losing My Religion"... I have enjoyed the challenges that I've encountered and have been inspired to follow Christ more passionately...
The foundation of the series has been this verse from Micah 6:8... "He has shown you, O man, what is good and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"
The first couple of weeks concentrated on acting justly and loving mercy. Jon shared the first two weeks and then left for several days in Kenya. While he was gone we had a special guest, Greg Flowers, from With Love From Jesus. Greg was a perfect person to talk about loving mercy because that is how he lives his life and how he ministers and reaches out to our community. I was motivated even more to see the hopeless and needy in our community and find a way to make it personal. We will usually respond when things become personal. How can you make the needs, the emptiness, the loneliness of others personal to you?
I'm looking forward to the last portion of the verse... to walk humbly with our God. As simple as acting justly and loving mercy sounds it can be a bit challenging and complicated. I think it all comes together when we learn to walk humbly with our God... when we lose our religion and become dependent and recognizing of our relationship with Christ.
A book(Every Man, God's Man) I've read in the past and have recently pulled back out says it this way...
"At its very core, humility is found in men who recognize the gap between us and God. No matter how smart we are, He is smarter - infinitely smarter. No matter how many accomplishments we have to our credit, He created the universe. No matter how forgiving, generous, or loving we can be to others, He possesses all of those qualities in endless measures. Coming face to face with God should lead a man into the only appropriate attitude: humility.
One of my prayers this cold Sunday morning... God, teach me even more to walk humbly before You and before others... Make my attitude one of constant humility.
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