Stirred By The Scriptures

”...To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8
It is that last phrase that has struck me since the weekend. It really wasn’t the focus of the message on justice but it has been stirring in my mind over the past couple of days. What does humility look like? I am sure we could all take a stab at defining the word but i am also sure we might not do it justice. I’m not sure I could define it but I do believe I have seen it. The humility I have seen looking into the eyes of pastors in Ethiopia, Cuba, Vietnam and China. Men and women who simply walk with Jesus to spread the Good News of the Gospel in their countries. I don’t want you to think that I am ready to confer sainthood on them - I’m not. They are ordinary men and women who struggle with life like we do. They are sinners saved by the grace of God who like me will struggle with sin until the day they die. Yet I come away from sitting in their presence and know it (life) is not about them it is about Jesus. They trust him (I think that may be the biggest act of humility there is) because they have nothing else to trust. Oh that people who look into my eyes would see the humility of trusting only in Jesus.