In pondering Micah 6:1-8, I've come to wonder about the familiar phrase, WWJD, What Would Jesus Do? I find it interesting that we can even begin to comphrehend what it would be that Jesus would do in any given situation. Certainly scriptures tell his story, his call on our lives, his sacrifice, his gift of eternal life. And yes, they all give us very good clues as to what Jesus would do. Yet, Jesus is God, Human, yet Very Divine... so can we ever know?
Micah, however, steps in and offers us a alternative cadence that gives us clearer direction. In response to the people's exaggerated lists of 'what more could God ask of us?' Micah sings out a cadence that God writes on our hearts.... To do Justice and Love Kindness and Walk Humbly with Your God! Do Justice.... Love Kindness... Walk Humbly! Each verb a call into the very heart of God. Each verb a command from our Holy God. Each repetition being watched over by the mountains and the hills, the mountains and the foundations of the earth who God has called to be our jury, to serve as a reminder that the heart of God is about our connection as a holy community made in the image of our Triune God.
There's a love musical cadence in the "Sing the Faith" supplemental hymnal for the PCUSA (as well as in "The Faith We Sing" a Methodist supplemental hymnal) that sings this cadence into our very souls. And as we continue to sing the cadence, it becomes a part of our lifesong, our life-verbs of recognizing the heart of God in our daily actitivies.
What does the Lord require of you? To do justice and love kindness and walk humbly with your God!
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