What is expected?
On a hike with a bunch of ex-military guys from church, the question came up of “What is expected of us as men?” My heart remembered an Old Testament verse that included “what is expected/required of you”, so I looked it up on my phone right there and shared it:
No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8 NLT
What is expected of us?
1) Be Just
2) Love mercy
3) Walk humbly
We might look at the Ten Commandments or the list of laws and all the teachings of the prophets to find that they are teaching us these simple things about God’s person and nature. They are preparing us to be “Holy as He is Holy” — not to be some dead religious rule keeper — but a wise, just, merciful, loving being that is alive with the fire of life — like our creator God who is Father and Friend.
Harold J. Ballinger 