Micah 6

micah 6

Micah 6:8:
“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?”

In this verse Micah points out what God requires of us. We are to do Justice. How are we “to do Justice”? What does that mean for us? Justice comes in different forms. We can do Justice by lending help to the parent who is struggling to put food on the table and is earning just enough to put a roof over their children’s heads. We can lend our help by offering to buy them groceries, maybe filling up their car with gas or connecting them to resources that can give them financial assistance and build their credit. We can do justice by assisting the homeless in our community to find shelter and get them connected to resources that will supply them with food and daily necessities. We can do justice by giving our time, talent and treasure to community organizations that give back to youth, those who are less fortunate and those who are struggling to make it each day.
--Edward Ford Jr.; Urban Faith

Drew Hensley

We need to be the most outspoken people and churches on the earth when it comes to justice and also the most outspoken when it comes to mercy. We need to be a people that spend just as much time praying for the heart and salvation of the oppressor as we do standing up for and with the oppressed. Easy, no. Necessary, yes. Because this is the heart of Jesus; a God of justice and mercy (Micah 6:8) who promises that every evil deed will be accounted for (Romans 14:12) and reminds us that vengeance is His (Romans 12:19), not ours. This is where the gospel leads us and as a somewhat unpopular reminder; seeking justice is not the gospel, it’s the fruit that comes from the root of the gospel grounded on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
--Drew Hensley; Key Life; What if Everyone Ended Up in Heaven 7.25.24

Micah spoke out against false holiness and stated clearly what true holiness is. God requires, of all men: justice, love of mercy, and humility.
A businessman's religion starts with justice. He determines to be right with God, right with men, right with self. This is the standard.

Notice what Micah didn’t say. He didn’t say God had told us what is good. Yes, God does tell us that again and again; but Micah used the word “shown.” By His own actions, God has set the standard for our lives, behavior, words, and attitudes.
As the Lord has shown us, so we should do—and this is the essence of biblical love. Let’s zero in on the three qualifiers of Micah 6:8. They represent God’s great expectations of us. They are His values in a nearly valueless world. -Dr David Jeremiah

Breakdown of Micah 6:8
Do justice. This doesn’t mean lock people up – it has nothing to do with criminal justice. It means treat others fairly. Make sure that people have what they need.
Love kindness. This doesn’t refer to our feelings, it means to actually help other people be treated fairly. Be kind to them.
Walk humbly with your God. This doesn’t mean deciding Jesus was wrong or being self-serving with what we do. It means being less than God and looking up to him as a guide.
Our actions as followers of Christ demonstrate what following Christ means. It demonstrates not just to us, but to others. Words are just words, confusion in the spiritual realm, until the Spirit of God and experience in life convinces us of their validity.
This is all a bit different than swearing some kind of allegiance to a “Christian nation,” with all sorts of self-serving and misled beliefs. This is what it means to be a Christian. -Dorian Scott Cole; New Generations Explore Faith