Worship

God calls and we answer. Sarah, a junior theology student at Houghton College, has been in Rwanda since January with Go-Ed Africa and at Urukundo for 3 weeks. She answered that call. Seldom do women preach in Rwanda but at Urukundo is is common for our mamas, staff and visitors to preach at Sunday worship. Pastor Antoine has a short message then we are blessed with others sharing their message.

Here is a summary of Sarah's words.......

“With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 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 6:6-8

What does the Lord require of us? Not all our bows and exaltations, not our offerings, our wealth, or even our children. He requires simply that we act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly. It is easy to say we will do these things. What does that actually look like in our life though?

Act Justly- Psalm 146:7-10 and Isaiah 58

Love Mercy- Ephesians 2:4-8

Walk Humbly- Philippians 2:3-8

It is important to remember that we are not just commanded to walk humbly but to walk humbly with our God. We can do all these things, but if we don’t walk with God, what does it mean? Nothing. It becomes just like the useless sacrifices. All of these requirements culminate in a relationship with God. It is important that as we strive in our daily lives to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly that we do so in relationship with our Heavenly Father in the hopes of bringing glory to his name.