The Lord require...

"He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?" (Mic 6:8 NAS95)

What the Lord requires of you. What the Lord ask is good because he is good. The commands for living are do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly before your God. 

This emphasizes your devoted life to God when he says your God. This shows that there should be personal relationship with God the Father with his children. Being in God's presence demands a life that is acceptable to God. Being in God is liberty, because where the Lord is Spirit and where the Spirit is there is liberty (2 Cor. 3:17).

Therefore do justice that is what is right and honest.

Love Kindness for the Lord our God is full of loving kindness.

Walk humbly for God apposes the proud and gives grace to the humble.

Following these instructions embodies the precepts God has given summarized in these statements. God desires holiness from his people and you to should desire holiness from yourself to please our great God.

You are our Father...

 

"But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand." (Isa 64:8 NAS95)

 

            Do you see the Lord as your Father? God defines Father and shows us how He is the example of fatherhood. As the Father it puts the children in a subordinate role open for the Father's instructions.

 

The potter guides the clay into the shape the potter desires. So much more our Father guides us through His word and Spirit to be who He has designed us to be. If we do not meet our purpose it is our fault, not the potter's. "Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker, to him who is but a potsherd among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, 'What are you making?' Does your work say, 'He has no hands' '' (Isa 45:9)?

 

            Do not argue with the Father but simply submit and say, "You are the Potter and I am the clay. Mold me, Father, in your fashion." God showed us when He formed Adam that He knows how to form His creation to do His good and perfect will. As clay we are in a weaken state that need to be shaped and then put through the fire.

 

            Know this that if God will take you to the fire He will also bring you out! Let the Father, the Shepherd and Potter be Lord and you be His child. The goodness of God will see you through. No matter how hot it gets He will mold you to stand the fire and be a precious masterpiece. You are a work of His hand to do great and wonderful things.

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