THE RIGHT ATTITUDE IN OUR WALK WITH GOD

"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
Today, I will put a wrap on this series of what God want from you as we delve into the third thing God want from you.

Two days ago I emphasized that the first two, which is "to do justly, and to love mercy" has to do with our relationship with other people while the last one focuses on how we are supposed to relate with God.

The last one which is the onus of today's message says 'God want us to walk humbly with Him'.

If God is saying He demands that we are humble in our walk with Him, it also suggest that we could be proud even as we walk with Him. There are instances in the bible of people with humble start-off with God who later lifted up their heart in pride. A good example is King Uzziah.

In 2Chronicles 27:15B-16TLB, it says "So he (Asa) became very famous, for the Lord helped him wonderfully until he was very powerful.
But at that point he became proud- and corrupt. He sinned against the Lord his God by entering the forbidden sanctuary of the Temple and personally burning incense upon the altar.'

To walk humbly before God means to carefully follow the path of the Lord your God. 2Chron. 27:6. And the reward that comes from this is that you will be very powerful in what you do.

To walk humbly with God means to Obey God and live as you should or simply put, strive towards perfection. Gen. 17:1

Walking with God requires humility and it begins from the attitude we show to God when we offer prayer and worship to God. Some of us are too familiar with God to even fall on our knees and pray to God. You dare not sit down before the President of your country except he tells you to. How much more God?

Sadly, we all live among a generation of people who will tell you that "it is about the heart and not about the attitude". They fail to realize that your attitude to God is a reflection of your heart. Not that it is bad to lie down or sit down when you pray or worship but please don't criticize people who would rather stand, kneel down or fall flat on their face in the presence of God.
Charles Spurgeon in his book, Praying successfully said, whenever God means to make a man great, He always breaks him pieces first.
Don't wait until you are humiliated before you humble yourself before God. Don't be too familiar with God. Honour and respect God. A man who lacks the fear of God will be full of the fear of man. God resist the proud but gives grace to the humble.

I will like to end with Charles Spurgeon remark on prayer. "Get on your knees, you who feel guilty. Get on your knees if your heart is sighing on account of sin. If the dark gloom of your iniquities is gathering around you, cry to God. He will hear you.

Attitude is everything.

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Moses Abiola
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