”My people, what have I done to you, or how have I wearied you? Testify against me! Indeed, I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from that place of slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam ahead of you.
Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.“
Micah 6:3-4, 8 CSB
This chapter opens with God making His case, trying to understand why His people are ignoring Him. He asked them if there is something He has done to offend them? What is He missing? Then He starts listing out the evidence of His love for them…You were slaves and He miraculously saved them in a dozen impossible ways. He goes on and on and finally tells them, I have given you one guideline…but apparently all this has actually driven you away…
His argument is sound, in fact impossible to argue against! And His argument today, spoken to me is probably even more potent:
- I reached into the darkness of sin and pulled you out and set you free.
- I gave you a spiritual family, even more caring than blood relatives.
- I patiently walk with you as you are transformed so slowly it seems like there is no change.
- I have paid all of your incomprehensible debts…and ask for no repayment.
- I have placed my Spirit inside of you, so you are never alone.
- All I ask in return is for you to love me with all of your self.
What an argument! And yet, I still find it hard to Love Him. I still have to fight to say “no” to my own desires so that I can say “yes” to His way. My selfishness is strong and so many times, what He asks doesn’t make sense to me…
Lord help me to love you with my whole life. Help me to have faith to see Your perspective when it doesn’t make sense…and give me the strength to choose your way even when I don’t understand. Remind me of all of the previous times following Your plan (even when it didn’t make sense) turned out more perfectly than I could have imagined. Give me faith to trust You, because Faithful is who you are!
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