Day 6

Micah 6: 8

He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?

Faith in Action

Someone has described this verse as “biblical ethics in a nutshell”.  In this verse, faith is not just what you believe but what you do.  In a world of deceit and using others to get what we want, faith is to act justly.  And that seeking after justice is prevented from becoming retribution by kindness, which can also be translated as mercy.  And justice and kindness are the product of our time spent walking humbly with God.

We will often pick up our mannerisms from those around us, and so part of our call is to be those who spend time in the company of God and allow His influence to shape our response to others.  How can we allow our time with God this Advent to shape our actions in the world?

The Choristers’ Prayer says this: “Grant that what we sing with our lips, we may believe in our hearts, and what we believe in our hearts, we may show forth in our lives.”

Faith in action.  Amen to that.

Richard