The Kingdom - Per Micah
Micah 6:8
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?
I was thinking more about people and the Kingdom of Heaven. Bottom line is this...just as it says in the Lord's Prayer "thy kingdom come, thy will be done", it is what the Kingdom of Heaven is all about...earth people acting like Heaven's occupants.
In Heaven, the entire place is about God, people transformed by God, people with attitudes like God's, actions like God's, motives like God's, etc. Whatever action, attitude, motive or word you can attribute to God, all who claim they are Christian should be doing those to the best of their ability.
Look at the verse above..."but to do justly (what is right and fair), and to love mercy (giving people what they do not deserve; kindness instead of nasty words) and to walk humbly (no arrogant attitudes, words, actions, motives...thinking more about the other person than yourself) with thy God".
Admittedly, people aren't much like that today, right? Well, that is the exact reason we who claim to be born again with Jesus as our Saviour SHOULD be doing the above so that people will see our good works and give glory to God our Father!
Now, honestly, if we do these things because we are Kingdom people, won't we automatically be "salt" and "light" in this world as we are called to be? People will not be able to deny that we are different and when asked why we are different, we can take the opportunity to point them to Jesus who makes us different.
So, my peeps, I need to go into the world and shake the "salt" and shine the "light". Time is quickly approaching for Jesus to come and I do not want to be caught goofing off. Too many die each day without Christ as their Saviour and are lost.
Start shaking & shining! Hugs & love.
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?
I was thinking more about people and the Kingdom of Heaven. Bottom line is this...just as it says in the Lord's Prayer "thy kingdom come, thy will be done", it is what the Kingdom of Heaven is all about...earth people acting like Heaven's occupants.
In Heaven, the entire place is about God, people transformed by God, people with attitudes like God's, actions like God's, motives like God's, etc. Whatever action, attitude, motive or word you can attribute to God, all who claim they are Christian should be doing those to the best of their ability.
Look at the verse above..."but to do justly (what is right and fair), and to love mercy (giving people what they do not deserve; kindness instead of nasty words) and to walk humbly (no arrogant attitudes, words, actions, motives...thinking more about the other person than yourself) with thy God".
Admittedly, people aren't much like that today, right? Well, that is the exact reason we who claim to be born again with Jesus as our Saviour SHOULD be doing the above so that people will see our good works and give glory to God our Father!
Now, honestly, if we do these things because we are Kingdom people, won't we automatically be "salt" and "light" in this world as we are called to be? People will not be able to deny that we are different and when asked why we are different, we can take the opportunity to point them to Jesus who makes us different.
So, my peeps, I need to go into the world and shake the "salt" and shine the "light". Time is quickly approaching for Jesus to come and I do not want to be caught goofing off. Too many die each day without Christ as their Saviour and are lost.
Start shaking & shining! Hugs & love.
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