There is a lot of pressure in this world to measure up- to have the right stuff, look the right way, be the best in our field and so on. I expect excellence from myself, especially academically and at my job. Therefore, it is particularly hard on me when I do not feel like I am measuring up in those arenas.
Yesterday I was reading some Wesleyan church history and I came across a phrase that made me wonder how I am measuring up in my commitment to the cause of Christ. "The weather is so bad that nothing's stirring except made dogs and Methodist preachers." Am I willing to go out into a world of measuring up, bad weather and opposition to spread the Gospel? This made me really start to question: What does the Lord require of me? As humans, we tend to put a lot of demands on ourselves and each other about what God requires. We want people to act perfectly and never say or do anything mean. That is not going to happen. So what truly does the Lord require of me? Micah 6:8 gives me the answer: "He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?" That is enough to keep anyone busy without a long list of rules to measure up to.
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