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Micah 6:1-8 The Cost of Minimums
A major part of life is to try to figure out what people expect of you. After that, it becomes human nature to try to settle for the least we can do. What is the least we have to do to get a particular grade? What is the least the boss (kids, parents, spouse) expects of me? Sometimes we even think this about God - What is the least I can do and still maintain a good footing with God? The problem is the motivation for asking the question itself. |
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If we are doing things for someone because we are forced to, then the "What do I have to do" becomes the question. On the other hand, if we are doing things for someone because we want to, are moved by our hearts that reach out to someone, that question of "what is the least I can do" never enters the picture. You never hear people who are in love complain about "having to" answer the phone from that person they love. They are glad to because minimums never even become a question. If someone begins to say "what's the least I can do to maintain this relationship" whatever it is, is doomed to failure. The question comes from a selfish heart, not a heart of love. Take our God and our Savior Jesus Christ for a moment. Did they ever ask what is the least I can do to save mankind? No. Today, do they ask what's the least we can do for these people? No. |
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Based on God's track record with us recorded so clearly in Scriptures, we see a long record of love and care in spite of our human fraility and waywardness. So if He now comes along and asks us to serve Him, to trust in His promises of life through Jesus, to love Him enough for it to tell in our hearts and lives, is that really too much to ask? Does that "burden" us? Not if our hearts have been warmed by His love. It will only be a burden, and we will find ourselves asking how little can we do from a selfish and closed heart. Check your heart. Do you run the risk of minimums? |
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