“Walk Humbly

With Your God”

“With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?...”

Micah 6:6-8

Do you understand the big picture? There are stories from World War II that on the biggest day of the war, the Battle of the Bulge, some played cards, while others took naps. It did not feel decisive at the time because none of the individual participants knew the big picture.

Great victories are won when ordinary people execute their assigned tasks.

In times of stress, do not jump to rash conclusions. Pray, let the LORD work it out in His time. Stand firm, be resolved and determined that He not only can provide a place for you, but that He will provide that place, again in His time.

Spiritual battles must be fought with the very weapons hardest to wield at the time: prayer, meditation, self-examination, and repentance.

Maybe you are in a spiritual rut. Stay at your assigned task. Obedience to God – and only obedience – offers the way out of our futility.

If you sense your faith is unraveling,

go back to where you dropped the thread of obedience.

Our Daily Bread – June 11, 2008