Micah 6 – Pollution Spreads

Finally God states his thesis statement for mankind.

It is both crisp and poetic, yet layered with rich meaning and application.

God’s case was building against his beloved; the One80 readings up to this point tally up the offenses he‘s had to endure from a nation prone to wander.  And he lays it all out here.  Their actions have testified against them.  The evidence is overwhelming.  The verdict is at hand.

A last cry of protest rises to the judge’s ear—one that echoes through the ages of humanity’s great struggle with its Creator: “Who can show us any good?” (Psalm 4:6) and “With what shall I come before the LORD?” (Micah 6:6) Along with the rest of us, God’s people want to know: “Lord, what do you want from us?”

And then the comes answer.  Crisp and poetic; rich with meaning:

“He has showed you, O man, what is good.
   And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy

and to walk humbly with your God.”

Micah 6:8

Reuben Smith