“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”- Mic. 6:8
As Christians most of us want to feel that we have done something noteworthy with our lives, and well we should. However, it is important that we understand what is truly important, important in God’s sight, lest we deceive ourselves. The following thoughts by Elisabeth Elliot helps us put things in proper perspective.
Most of us would like to do something special in life, something to distinguish us. We suppose that we desire it for God’s sake, but more likely we are discontent with ordinary life and crave special privileges. When Israel asked if they should offer some spectacular sacrifice–thousands of rams, ten thousand “rivers of oil,” a firstborn child–the answer was, “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” (Mi 6:8).
There is nothing conspicuous about those requirements. It is not a “special” service for which one would be likely to be decorated or even particularly remembered. But it is worth more to God than any sacrifice.
Lord, deliver me from the delusion of imagining that my desire is to serve You, when my real desire is the distinction of serving in some way which others admire.
True service for God is doing the will of God from the heart, faithfully, fully, cheerfully, out of love, and for the glory of God. That never goes unrewarded.– HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
