Humbleness.

Micah 6:8 “He has shown you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God”

Humble - to lower in condition, importance, or dignity; abase. –to destroy the independence, power, or will of.–to make meek: to humble one’s heart.

This is my theme verse. God has showed such goodness, how this life is sup post to be….In response, I try to desire, act and live in justice by acting on injustice…to LOVE mercy. To love those who need a shoulder, need a babysitter that can’t pay otherwise, to offer a drink or a ear…To Walk with God…to learn his ways, his paths, his shortcuts…

But…there is more to this verse that challenges me to this day.

It doesn’t say to Simply walk….It intructs us to Walk HUMBLY….

To give ourselves to God and His will. To trust God has a plan for the greater Good and Not our plan for the greater good. To pray before I act. To listen to Gods voice and NOT my own. To question injustice, unequal rights, to question the system in a humbleness and not in an attitude that I can fix it…because I can’t!

The reason why I have struggled with Gods plan is because I have not walked in humbleness with Him. I would rather “know” my own way of thinking makes more sense. That I > God…even if I don’t admit this…This…is

PRIDE– to indulge or plume (oneself) in a feeling of pride (usually followed by on or upon ): She prides herself on her tennis.

To walk with answers that I never had, to suggest ways to better a system or program..when I didn’t know of those ways. To ask questions yet never expecting a answer…because it is not the right answer.

And I am willing to Go so far as to say…This is one reason why I have struggled in my faith, and have wanted to go another way. I am also willing to suggest that I am not alone. To stand up…to say I don’t trust God IN my questioning (because it is ok to question), I don’t care about the answers…is a pride I have been praying about. Trying to swallow.

Because, God asks…beckons, pleads with us to Walk Humbly in Him. He is a God of justice, Mercy and Grace. He desires this for Our Lives, even when its tough.

God > i. help me continually swallow my pride. please.Amen.