Micah 6  The Lord speaks to the people of Israel.. bringing  His indictments against them. " My people, what have I done to you and how have I wearied you? Answer Me."  Was it when He brought them out of Egypt, ransoming them from slavery?  Was it when He delivered them from Balak, king of Moab? What righteous act of God are they rebelling from?   

What is it that men and women today hold against God that they will not believe in Him?

Micah responds to the Lord appropriately.. "With what shall I come to the Lord and bow myself before the God on high?" ( v6)   He knows that God does not need thousands of burnt offerings or ten thousand "rivers of oil".  He knows, and proclaims this: 

"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.. " (v8) 

Israel did not "do justice".  They used false measurements and wicked scales. They were deceptive, violent, and spoke lies constantly.   Because of this, the Lord would make them sick. They would eat but never be satisfied. They would "sow but not reap". Their olives would not produce oil and their grapes would not become wine. 

They thought more of the "statutes of Omri" and Ahab's works than they did of the Law of God.  "Therefore" the Lord says, "I will give you up for destruction..derision.. and reproach". 

Tozer, speaking about the justice of God, wrote, ".. so God is God, always only, fully God, and can never be other than He is. Everything in the universe is good to the degree it conforms to the nature of God and evil as it fails to do so."  Israel failed to do good.  They failed to do justice. They failed to love kindness. They failed to walk humbly with their God.  Their sacrificed sheep and their gifts of oil, could not make up for their failures.  And so it is with us.. 

We can only please the Lord when we do as He requires.. when we live for Him fully.. doing justice.. loving kindness and mercy.. walking with Him humbly.  There is a time coming when the Lord will bring His indictments against our world today. Let us stand with Micah and bow before the God on high with humble, contrite, and repentant hearts. 

Father, we desire to walk in Your ways.. You are our great and awesome God.  You never change and are always just.. and always merciful. Thank You for the Word that teaches us to draw near to You.. to love Your ways.. to know You.. May we be continually filled with Your Spirit so that we can become more and more like Jesus, our Redeemer and King.  In His name we ask this, Amen.