Micah 6: 8
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.
I had a dream several months ago that I will never forget:
Amy & I were at some kind of large gathering where there was a speaker. Everyone was seated and very excited to hear what he had to say. I don’t remember being overly excited about it, but was just there checking it all out. As he began to speak the crowd got very fired up and started shouting their approval of what he was saying.
His topic was a religious one and seemed to be promoting a hatred of sin. The tone seemed to be one of such fervor and anger that I imagined it was similar to that of a KKK rally (to which I would never take part). Although, there were aspects of what he was saying that were Scripturally based, but he just seemed to be off with how he applied it. I couldn’t quite put my finger on what the problem was though.
I was growing increasingly uncomfortable with being there and was about to leave when I noticed an old man sitting in front of us. He was sitting there rather calmly, which set him apart from the fuming crowd and my own distressed body language. Just then he turned around and looked directly at me and whispered, with the most thunderous and resounding voice I’ve ever heard, “But there is no mercy there. Where's the love?!?!” Then I was wide awake.
All at once it was quite clear to me what was wrong with the message of speaker. There was no grace and no humility. He was not a man after the Lord’s own heart. This will always be a reminder to me to love mercy, to walk humbly with my God and forever be thankful for the saving grace of Jesus Christ.