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Me
I have found that the many chapters of my life all tell the same story but in different ways.
When it comes down to it, I am a terrible person, whose only hope for improvement is through God’s endless grace.
Story #1 - Failed Bible Worker
Excited to work out of college.
Story #3
Didn’t receive a call.
Became a Bible Worker.
Didn’t get enough baptisms.
Not rehired.
What I saw was my failure.
What I failed to see was what God was doing in my life, while I was failing.
I was placed as a Bible worker in a church district.
I worked with family churches.
I was able to learn from a successful pastor.
It is possible to be so focused on our own failures, that we miss what God is already doing in our lives.
What I learned from that experience is that I’m a terrible minister without Jesus.
But when I focus on Jesus and not my failures I can experience success.
We
In fact isn’t that how we all are?
We all tell the same story but the details are different.
The same is true of the Bible.
The Bible tells the same story over and over again but in different ways.
Using different people in different places to drive home the same truth that we have all been struggling with.
To put it simply:
We are bad.
We can only become good, through God’s great love and boundless grace.
God’s vision for us is bigger than ourselves.
That’s the story all of scripture is trying to tell us.
But in order for us to really get it, to really understand it, the story is presented in many different ways.
Because it’s not enough for us to understand the story, we must also live the story of scripture.
God
Lately, I have been spending quite a bit of time in the minor prophets, and what I have found there is astonishing.
What I found was the gospel story, I found my story, and I’m pretty sure your story is there as well.
Especially in the book of Micah.
Micah was a prophet in Judah during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.
Throughout the book of Micah, the messages alternate between messages of judgement and hope.
Judgement because of mankind’s decisions and hope for God’s vision of the new world.
Humanity’s Evil and helplessness
In Micah’s time, evil was seen not just among the other nations, but also among God’s people.
The wealthy oppressed the poor, both politically and religiously.
Everyone lived in fear because of the rampant evil.
God’s people are not described as a friend but as an enemy.
Judah is a place people want to stay away from.
No one is safe.
This is why God has come down from his place to judge Judah.
Micah 1:3-
Micah tells us that God is coming down to judge Judah for its sins.
God has taken notice of what is going on in Jerusalem and will not sit by.
What have you done this past week that causes God to stand up and take notice?
Micah then paints a picture of God’s power.
The mountains will melt under his power.
The valleys will be split open.
What does this all mean?
This is the lengths God is willing to go not to punish his people, but to set them in the right path.
Judgement is not about punishment its about correction.
Everyone needs correction from the religious leaders to the lowliest child.
God seeks to remake his people, which can only happen through God incredible love and grace.
God’s boundless love and grace
How are they to win God’s favor?
How are they to get God to love them more?
They can’t.
And neither can you.
There is nothing you can do that will cause God to love you more.
God already loves you and there is nothing you can do that will cause God to love you less.
God’s love is steadfast and constant.
Is He happy with your sin?
Of course not, that’s where correction comes in.
God doesn’t correct you from a state of hate, but that of love.
Micah asks God the question we are all asking.
Micah 6:6-
No gesture of extreme piety will draw you closer to God.
What does God require?
Three simple things.
Do justice.
Love Kindness.
Walk Humbly with God.
The first two aspects are calling us to be like God.
Justice and kindness are exactly who God is.
We are told to Do Justice.
Not talk or think about justice.
But to do justice.
Justice can only be done when we are looking out for others and taking action.
But in light of all this justice that we are called to do, we are also told to Love Kindness.
What does it mean to love kindness?
When you love something, its your focus, it controls your actions.
Kindness should be the fuel that propels your choices in life.
Does your actions paint a picture of your kindness?
All this is under the umbrella of walking humbly with God.
All four of those words are vastly important.
Walk.
Walk with God.
We aren’t called to run with God, but to walk.
When we are running, we are focused on how fast we can get to the destination.
Its about the destination, not the journey.
So many Christians are running with God, but what God asks is to walk with Him.
When we walk, we experience each other.
We get to behold our surroundings and really appreciate the one whom we are walking with.
That’s what God wants.
God wants to experience you and He wants you to experience Him.
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