the Lord has told you what is good,
and this is what he requires of you:
to do what is right, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God.
It was written in such a way that it matches my desire for an easy formula. "Just take this verse and live by it. You can do it, it is only 3 things you have to remember. It is the path to pleasing God."
That is what I want. One verse, written on a 3x5 card, pasted to the front of my computer, waiting to be noticed and lived by.
"to do what is right". Now that is straightforward, just do it.
But what is right? Your right? My right? I think of the verse that says "they all did what was right in their own eyes". The world wants to say that Right is relative. Is it?
What would Jesus say?
The other morning, as I walked in the predawn darkness, I spotted some litter along the cart path. Some golfer must have left it or dropped it off his cart. It was dark, there was no one about, and I did not want to carry it with me to the next tee box where there was a trash container. So I walked on, telling myself that the grounds crew would get it when they came to cut grass or something.
I got a few yards down the path toward home and thought, "this is not right, that thing should be picked up now regardless of how silly I might look to another walker, and its not far to the trash container anyway".
So I did, and I could check off the first command from the verse. Now to go through the rest of the day in the same spirit. That could be hard, but at least I got off to the right start and just maybe I can remember that action as other things come along my path.
How many times during one day do I have the opportunity to do right? In relationships, or in the effort put into a task.
How many times do I even notice that there might be something to be done?
Sure I want to live by that verse.
Sure I want to please God in my life.
It is the right thing to do
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