God's Will for your life...ANSWERED!

After reading Micah 6:6-8 this morning, I about couldn't NOT write about it. Here's the reading..

"With what shall I come to the Lord and bow myself before the God on High? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves? Does the Lord take delight in thousands of rams, in ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my rebellious acts, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has told you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly WITH your God? Micah 6:6-8 NASB

Really? Is it that easy? I've told my SS teens many many times...Scripture is simple, not easy. This just makes so much sense to me, but why do I/we struggle so much with doing what is right? Some of the meanest people I've come across were "Christians" and I just pray that I'm not one of them. Should we take our "burnt offerings/yearling calves" of church attendance and maybe even a little Bible reading outside of church, and yes, even our piddly little offerings and expect God to be pleased? What about avoiding the "big" sins? Yeah, I'm proud that I've avoided those, but it's still not going to make Him happy without a pure heart. Not even giving up our firstborn child would satisfy Him. Which, of course, in our culture would be totally barbaric (for good reason) and personally, I'm rather attached to my firstborn. So I'm glad that wouldn't please Him. But to do justice, I daresay, Mercy would be the attribite left to us and leave the justicing to God. Love kindness, even to the people who deserve it the least...and I'm sure someone just popped into your head! And walk humbly with your God, not walk FOR your God, but WITH Him. It's a delightful relationship with the One who snatched us up from the pit of despair. Our Knight in shining armor!

O Praise the One who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead! Jesus!