What He Requires

“The Lord has already told you what is good,
and this is what he requires:
to do what is right,
to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8


Do what is right . . .
live “right” in my home and workplace . . . respond right to wrong behavior

Love mercy . . .
passionate concern that those who cannot speak up for themselves receive justice

Walk humbly with God . . .
esteem others as better than myself . . . look out for others’ interests before my own


How?

“Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don’t think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing.” (Phil. 2:3-4)


We are well able to do what He requires . . . the Holy Spirit empowers us to do what we are powerless to do in ourselves!

Unbound in the Fire!

I know we read this chapter a couple of days ago, but this keeps rumbling around in my spirit.


Daniel 3:23-27 . . .

So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, securely tied, fell into the roaring flames.

But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisers, “Didn’t we tie up three men and throw them into the furnace?”

“Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly did,” they replied.

“Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god!”


Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were SECURELY TIED before they were thrown into the roaring flames. The picture I see in my mind’s eyes is that their hands and feet were tied, making them look like logs being added to the fire.

But, when Nebuchadnezzar looked in, he saw 4 men walking around IN the fire UNBOUND and UNHARMED!

Maybe God is just speaking to me, but I’m seeing a picture of how we are to go through “circumstances” in our lives.

The “circumstance” may have us tied securely . . . BUT . . . even while we are yet IN the circumstance, God’s plan is that we go through it UNBOUND and come out of it unharmed and not alone!

How?

By faith . . . “Casting all our care upon Him” . . .

By faith . . . giving thanks “IN” everything . . .

By faith . . . “believing that God is watching over his Word to perform it in our lives” . . .

By faith . . . “the God whom we serve is able to save us” . . .

By faith . . . “even if He doesn’t rescue us, we will not serve or worship any other god.”

By faith . . . we can walk UNBOUND while we are IN the circumstance . . . free to worship and serve our God!

By faith . . . we exit the circumstance unsinged, unscorched, not smelling of smoke!

By faith . . . we are more than conquerors!