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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?"Micah 6:8
More often than not, most of us always focus on the minor and forget the major.
We seem to think God is a taskmaster whose rules and commandments are extremely hard to keep especially in this 21st century but fortunately it isn't as hard as you think. Infact it is so easy because God communicates to us in our thoughts everyday.
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We know so much about what God doesn't want from us and know so little about what God want. It is what you know about God that will form the perception and attitude you show towards God. If I ask you to tell me the things that God doesn't want, you'll sure be quick to tell me God doesn't want you to sin, God doesn't want you to lie, God doesn't want you to go to hell and so on and so forth.
However, I have learnt over time that the only way you can stop doing what God doesn't want is by knowing what He wants and doing it as well. The more you do what God wants you to do, the less you struggle with what God doesn't want from you.
For example, until you're righteousness conscious, you'll always be rising from sin today and falling back to it
tomorrow. Being sin conscious makes you commit sin. What you do is what you're conscious of. So if you're sin conscious, you'll be committing sin at will but if you're righteousness conscious, holiness will be your lifestyle.
Now what exactly do you think God want from you?
Just like we read in our text for today, there are 3 basic things God want from us.
Firstly, see that justice is done.
Secondly, let mercy be your first concern.
Thirdly, walk humbly with thy God or let me use it this way, humbly obey your God.
If you look deeply at these three things, you'll realize that God is more concerned about relationships than we think because the first two requirements of God deals with how we relate with people. It is only the last one that talks about how we relate with God.
The bane of this discourse is that if your relationship with the people around you isn't right, your relationship with God can never make sense.
If satan wants to get you to displease God, all he needs to do is to bring you into provocation with people. That is why we need to prayerfully protect the relationships in our lives. Satan turned Adam against Eve when God asked him why he ate the fruit. Adam was so quick to put the blame on Eve by saying "it was the woman you gave me that made me eat the fruit".
Adam wasn't even kind enough to call her name. Here is the same man that was so excited to say "This is the bone of my bone and the flesh of my flesh". But when the devil entered the picture, Adam was quick to strip himself of any blame by addressing her by her gender.
Today, we shall focus on the first thing God want from us.
We operate under a system that promotes people based on connection rather than merit and this has corrupted our society and polluted our sense of value.
In all matters and decisions you make in life, you must always ensure that justice is done. In all of your dealings with people, you must be kind enough to be fair and transparent in a manner that makes you seek the best for others even as you want the best for yourself.
Don't allow your familiarity with people especially those in your inner circle cloud your sense of judgement in a way that will make you be guilty of nepotism.
Don't give jobs or create a reward system in your organization based on relationship alone but on merit and qualifications.
Don't use your position or status to intimidate or compel people to submit to you.
Treat your wife with respect. Admire her. Seek her counsel before you set out to do anything regarding the welfare of your family. Never insult or shout on her in the presence of your children no matter how naughty she is.
Submit to your husbands too wives. Don't go about telling your kids that you're the one that earn more in the family. Things may be tight for now and you find yourself taking the lead in the area of finance. Nevertheless, let it not be seen in your reactions, nor be heard in your words that your husband is not doing well.
Be honest in all your business deal. Fight for the rights of those you can help around you. Do this not for fame or fortune but for the greater good. This is how you mete out the hand of justice.
Let's continue
tomorrow.
Kindly share.
Moses Abiola
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