What Does the Lord Require of You?

WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU?

He has shown all you people 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. Micah 6:8, TNIV

A rich tradition has been established in GEMS Girls’ Clubs throughout the fifty plus years that clubs have been meeting. At each meeting, girls and counselors often repeat in unison an acknowledgment of the club aim based on Micah 6:8.

Counselor: GEMS and GEMS counselors, what does the Lord require of us?

All – girls and counselors: To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God.

How does that club aim fit with each year’s annual theme? Because God is consistent to His nature and true to His Word the aim perfectly intersects with each season’s annual theme, including this year’s theme, Prayer – No Worries!

Act justly. As we do justice – taking action to help set the wrong right – may our prayer be Paul’s prayer for the Thessalonians: That God may count us worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of ours and every act [of justice!] prompted by our faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in us, and we in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12).

Love mercy. As we love mercy – showing compassion at all times by loving like Jesus – may our prayer be that God’s love is truly made complete in us and that we will know we are living in Him because we walk as Jesus did (1 John 2:5-6).

Walk humbly with God. As we walk humbly with God – getting rid of our pride and stop depending on ourselves and start trusting and depending on God – may our prayer be that in all our relationships with one another, we have the same attitude of mind Christ Jesus had: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant . . . he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death – even death on the cross (Philippians 2:5-8)!

Watchmen Nee once said, “Our prayers lay the track down which God’s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.” The same holds true of prayers for the GEMS ministry. Pray that God’s might and power will equip women and girls to do what the Lord requires of them: to live radically faithful lives – doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God.

Prayer Step: Spend 15 minutes or more today praying for GEMS International, your area, and the club that you call home.

Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.
D.L. Moody

Grace and peace,
Lenae