How do I follow Jesus?
How do I follow Jesus? How do I walk in His footsteps? How do I have His heart? I know the more I know Him the more I should understand His ways and the more I can love Him and serve Him and honour Him by acting like Him.
In Micah 6:8 it states the ultimate question. What does the Lord require of you? And there is an answer for us.
He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
Micah 6:8 NRSV
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
Walking humbly is recognizing your dependence on Him, accepting His correction, and not needing to pretend or put on a fake persona.
It is acknowledging that the world does not evolve around you and that you are not the hero, but God is, and it is a way of life that involves us to act justly and show mercy to others. This humility allows us to point others to God and His love, rather than trying to be the hero ourselves.
This verse provides a concise summary of what God requires from humanity. The meaning is a call to ethical and compassionate behaviour, pursuing fairness and righteousness, showing kindness and compassion and living with modesty and reverence for God.
True worship involves action and not just ritual and describes an entire way of life. It includes our relationship with God and our fellow man.
So, the good works God has for each and every one of us will be revealed by God to us and He will teach us what is good.
My husband years ago described what our hearts should be like.
F.A.T.
Faithful, Available and Teachable.
Are you that? Only you can answer that question.
So be encouraged if God wants us to be like this. He will help us. He never leaves us alone to cope or do it by ourselves. He is always available and sends others to help us too.eHe
Where do you need God’s help?
To be humble?
To show justice?
To extend kindness?
May these jottings from my journal inspire you to believe in and fall in love with Christ- the hope of the world, as stated in Jeremiah 17:7, ‘Blessed is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the Lord and whose hope and confident expectation is the Lord!’
Love
Rosemary
Every week groups of ladies meet together to chat about the things I raise in my weekly blog post and to chat about life in general. We call these ‘Heart Connect’ groups.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How do you try to walk in Jesus’ footsteps?
If you were to assess how well you are doing in following Christ where would you say you need improvement?
Where do you need God’s grace to be able to be humble, act with justice and be merciful?
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