What is Good and What God Requires

 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)

Gracious and Loving LORD,

Thank You for giving me Your Word—for through Your Word I can learn what is good and what You require of me.

Help me to do what is right.  Reveal to me the Truth of Your Word and help me to fully believe it—knowing it flows from Your unfailing love for us all.  Help me obediently apply that Truth to all my thoughts, words, and actions, as I choose Your ways over my own.

Help me to love mercy.  Out of my overwhelming gratefulness to You for my own personal experience of Your continual mercy towards me—and an understanding that it is that same merciful love You offer to every one of us—let me be a loving vehicle of Your mercy to everyone around me.

Help me to walk humbly with You.  Don't allow me to disobediently lag behind You, or arrogantly run ahead of You, but let me walk submissively with You, intent on doing Your will.

Thank You for giving me Your Word—for through Your Word I can learn what is good and what You require of me.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.