He has told you, O man, 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 6:8)
God has told us
what he requires of us
do justice
love kindness
walk humbly with our God
Look at a similar commandment from a New Testament perspective: A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. (John 13:34)
Doing justice, loving kindness, walking out our faith in humility - all are actions based on and lived out of love. This is how Jesus is made known to the world - through the lives of his disciples, his followers. He gave us his own life as an example and as the image of the perfect love of our Father; he gives us his Spirit, the gift that is God's love living within us so that these commandments can be carried out, not in our own feeble power but in the power of God himself.
Just as the Father loves the Son, the Son loves us and empowers us to love the world. God has told us what is good; he has commanded us to love; he has called us to DO, to LOVE and to WALK.
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