Top o’ the Mornin’ to Ya!
TLDR: Discover the profound simplicity of what God actually requires from us. Learn why burnt offerings, sacrifices, and religious performance miss the point, and how three simple commands – do justice, love kindness, walk humbly – fulfill everything God asks of us.
What?
“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.”
That is the next verse I’m gonna memorize. I started memorizing it a couple years ago because it was the theme verse for our church in Colorado, Colorado Community Church. This is in Micah 6 and that was verse 8. I’m gonna read verses 6 through 8.
“With what shall I come to the Lord and bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to him with burnt offerings with yearling calves? Does the Lord take delight in thousands of rams in 10,000 rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for rebellious acts? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
And then the answer: “He has told you, 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.”
He just wants us to do kindness, to do love, to do justice, to walk with him, to hear him, to study his Word and know what it is, to memorize it and guard it in our hearts. His Word will guard our hearts and minds and souls.
Do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with our God. It’s very simple. It’s so simple. That’s it. I’m always like “What am I supposed to do? One of my supposed to dos.” I don’t have to do anything but justice, love kindness and walk humbly with him.
I walk with him by sharing in communion with others – not communion, communion – socially coming together with others, showing kindness, doing justice, feeding the hungry, helping the homeless. We’ve delegated all that work to our government. And sometimes our government isn’t doing a great job, but it’s our job. We’re the Christians. This is our command to us: do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with our God.
Why?
I share this because Kingdom Family Leaders constantly complicate what God requires. We create elaborate religious systems, performance metrics, and obligation lists while missing the simple command God actually gave. Like the questioner in Micah, we ask “What sacrifice is big enough? How much is enough? What do I need to do to satisfy God?”
The answer is radically simple: do justice, love kindness, walk humbly with your God. That’s it. Everything else flows from these three commands. But we struggle with simplicity because it requires genuine transformation rather than religious performance.
We’ve also abdicated our responsibility by delegating justice and kindness to government systems. When we say “the government should feed the hungry” or “social services should help the homeless,” we’re avoiding the direct command God gave to His people.
Lesson
The structure of Micah 6:6-8 reveals our natural tendency to complicate obedience. The questions escalate: burnt offerings, yearling calves, thousands of rams, 10,000 rivers of oil, even presenting our firstborn children. We think bigger sacrifice equals greater acceptance. But God’s answer cuts through all the performance: I’ve already told you what’s good.
The three commands create a complete framework for Kingdom living. Do justice addresses systems and structures – ensuring fairness, fighting oppression, advocating for the vulnerable. Love kindness addresses relationships and personal interactions – showing mercy, compassion, and generosity. Walk humbly with God addresses your spiritual posture – remaining teachable, dependent, and in relationship with Him.
These aren’t three separate commands but an integrated life. You can’t truly do justice without loving kindness – justice without mercy becomes cold legalism. You can’t love kindness without doing justice – kindness without justice enables oppression. And you can’t do either rightly without walking humbly with God – human attempts at justice and kindness apart from God’s guidance become self-righteous performance.
The simplicity is challenging because it requires actual transformation rather than religious activity. It’s easier to make a large donation than to personally feed the hungry. It’s easier to support social programs than to personally help the homeless. But God’s command is direct: this is your job as Christians, not something to delegate away.
Apply
Write out Micah 6:8 and post it where you’ll see it daily. Identify one concrete way you can do justice this week, one way you can love kindness, and one way you can walk more humbly with God. Don’t complicate it with elaborate plans – keep it simple and direct.
Examine areas where you’ve delegated Christian responsibility to government or organizations. Choose one area where you can personally engage rather than outsource. Feed someone hungry. Help someone homeless. Do the justice and kindness God commanded His people to do.
You be blessed!
