Friday, April 26, 2013

Do the Just

UV 736/10,000 Do the Just “He has showed 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.” Micah 6 v 8 This uni-verse addresses the perennial question that faces every human being-“what does God require of man? “ or to put it in a more personal frame: “ What does God require of me?” The Lord has revealed to us the truth through the intimations of our conscience and minds as well as through the instructions written in His Word handed over through the ages by faithful men. He has revealed the truth of His nature to us in His dealings with the men of faith and with Israel. So much so, for every situation in our lives today there is a similar predicament or precedent in the Word. He has revealed finally and more fully what is good through the person, mission and teachings of Jesus Christ. We need to imitate Christ in acting justly all through our days. The Nike advertisement tagline reads: “ Just do it.” But, the Word says, “ Don’t just do it, but do the just.” In every aspect of life, we should aim and desire strongly to do the just or to do the right thing in the eye of the Lord. To act justly means to align our thoughts, emotions, motives, words, actions and reactions in accordance with the Word of God. Our thoughts need to be positive, our emotions, joyful, our motives, noble and godly, our words, wholesome and helpful, our actions, God-dependent and our reactions, not vengeful but forgiving. We being sinful by nature will fail in many of these areas often but that is when we need to love and avail the mercy of God. God will fill the gap. Loving the mercy of God implies that we do not take His compassion and forgiveness for granted but act with true repentance once we fail and confess our failings. We need to avail His grace to overcome the weaknesses of our flesh nature. To walk humbly with our God implies to have a deep, intimate and personal relationship with God through Christ Jesus. It implies that we gather our strength and wisdom for every step we take, every day from the Lord. It implies that we do not depend on our own understanding but that we lean on Him for direction and guidance all the way. We need to walk in obedience to His Word and the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Humility means that we never become self righteous but are always conscious that we can fall any time and should we fall, the Lord will lift us up and set us on our feet again. Humility means that we always carry a spirit of gratitude to the Lord and to be imbued with a spirit of awe and reverence at His complete knowledge and absolute power. Prateep V Philip

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