This week’s belief: Personal faith and social holiness, held together
“He has told you, human one, what is good and
what the Lord requires from you:
to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with your God.” – Micah 6:8 (CEB)
The third verb is the quietest and the longest. Walk humbly with your God.
Walking is not a moment. It is what you do every day for years, in the same direction, mostly without anyone watching. And humbly is not self-deprecation. It is the posture of someone who knows they are accompanied rather than in charge.
Put the three together and notice what is missing from the whole list. Not one of them is a religious activity. The worshiper offered rams and oil and his own child. God asked for a way of living that never finishes. A transaction ends when you pay it. This does not.
Tomorrow we gather to hear Micah together. Come and walk with us. We worship at 8:30 and 10:15, and online worship is available at youtube.com/@mcphersonfirst.
God, keep me walking with you when the road is long and nobody notices the walking. Ready my heart for worship tomorrow. Amen.
"Accompanied rather than in charge." That's the best definition of humble I've read in a while. And you're right, not one of the three is a religious activity. A way of living that never finishes. Good word to carry into Sunday.