QT 25/11/2025 Tue. Micah 6 How We Have Drifted & What the Lord Requires 我们如何偏离正道与耶和华的要求
QT 25/11/2025 Tue. Micah 6 How We Have Drifted & What the Lord Requires
READ http://www.esv.org/micah6
📖 Micah 6 opens like a courtroom scene. God summons the mountains to the stand: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains… the enduring foundations of the earth.” (Micah 6:1–2)
Why the mountains? Because mountains outlast kings, kingdoms, and people. They have “seen” generations of covenant failure. They testify to the unchanging faithfulness of God and the long pattern of human unfaithfulness. Creation itself becomes a witness.
“O My people, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you?” (6:3)
Israel acted as though obedience was a burden, devotion a chore, and God Himself a wearying taskmaster. But God reminds them of the truth.
(1) Remember the Exodus — God’s saving acts
“For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery.” (6:4)
God brings them back to the defining act of salvation: the Exodus. Before they ever obeyed, God rescued them. Before they served Him, He brought them out of bondage.
He also reminds them: “I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.” (6:4)
God gave them leaders — the spiritual giants of Israel. Moses the prophet, Aaron the priest, Miriam the worship leader. They were “big shots,” but only because God appointed them. God had consistently provided guidance, mercy, and leadership. Israel never had to walk blind.
Yet in spite of all of this, they drifted. They forgot. They became spiritually bored, treating God like He was the wearying one, rather than their own sin being the source of weariness.
(2) What God actually wants (Micah 6:8)
In response to God’s loving history, Israel asks, “What do You want from us? More sacrifices? More offerings?” (6:6–7). God answers with the simplicity and beauty of Micah 6:8:
“He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice,
and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?”
Here is the heart of true devotion: (a) ➤ Do justice: Live out God’s righteousness in the way you treat others. (b) ➤ Love kindness (hesed): “Hesed” means covenant loyalty, steadfast love. (c) ➤ Walk humbly with your God: Not pride, not self-promotion, not religious performance — but humble, daily dependence on the Lord. Not just doing things for God, but walking with God.
(3) The certainty of judgment for the wicked (Micah 6:9–16)
The second half of Micah 6 warns that God’s patience does not cancel God’s holiness.
Deceitful scales, injustice, violence, and unrepentant sin will lead to destruction.
For those who reject God’s ways, there is real judgment. But for those who return to Him, mercy is always available — the same mercy shown in the Exodus.
🔥 Application for Today
(1) Remember God’s saving acts
Just as Israel had to look back to the Exodus, we look back to the Cross. God rescued us first — obedience flows from redemption.
(2) Stop treating God as a burden
Spiritual boredom is often a symptom not of God’s failure, but of hearts drifting from Him.
Returning begins with remembering His grace.
(3) Live Micah 6:8 today: Do justice where you are. Love mercy because God has been merciful to you. Walk humbly with God — not ahead, not behind.
(4) Trust that God judges evil: We don’t have to avenge ourselves. God sees. God knows. God will deal with the wicked in His time.
🙏 Closing Prayer
Lord, forgive us when our hearts grow dull and we treat You as a burden. Remind us of Your saving acts, of the grace You’ve poured out from the Exodus to the Cross. Teach us to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with You. Keep us from the path of the wicked. Anchor our hearts in Your faithfulness. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
QT 25/11/2025 星期二. 弥迦书 6 我们如何偏离正道与耶和华的要求
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/mic/6/
📖 弥迦书第六章以法庭场景开篇。神召唤群山作证：“1 你们当听耶和华所说的话：“你要起来，向大山争辩，让小山可以听见你的声音。2 大山啊！你们要听耶和华的争辩。大地永久的根基啊！你们要听，因为耶和华与他的子民争辩，和以色列争论。 （弥迦书6:1-2）
为何是群山？因群山比君王、国度与人类更长久。它们“目睹”了代代背弃盟约的罪行，见证着神永恒的信实与人类持续的背叛。受造之物本身成为见证。
“我的子民啊，我向你作了什么呢？我在什么事上叫你厌烦呢？你可以回答我。”（6:3）
以色列人竟将顺服当作重担，将敬虔视为苦差，将神自己看作令人厌倦的督工。但神提醒他们真理：
(1) 记念出埃及——神的拯救之举
“我曾经把你从埃及地领上来，把你从为奴之家赎出来。”（6:4）
神将他们带回救赎的决定性时刻：出埃及。在他们顺服之前，神已拯救他们；在他们侍奉祂之前，祂已将他们从奴役中领出。
祂还提醒他们：“我也差派了摩西、亚伦和米利暗在你前面行。”（6:4）
神赐给他们领袖——以色列属灵的巨人。先知摩西、祭司亚伦、敬拜领袖米利暗。他们虽是“大人物”，却唯因神所立。神始终赐下引导、怜悯与领导，以色列人从未在黑暗中摸索。
然而尽管如此，他们仍旧离弃真道。他们遗忘了。他们灵里倦怠，竟将上帝视为令人疲惫的存在，却不知疲惫的根源实乃自身罪孽。
(2) 上帝真正的要求（弥迦书6:8）
面对上帝满有慈爱的历史，以色列却质问：你向我们所要的是什么呢？岂不是要我们献祭吗？要我们献上祭物吗？（6:6-7） 神以弥迦书6:8的简洁之美回应：
世人哪！耶和华已经指示你什么是善，他向你所要的又是什么；无非是要你行公义，好怜悯，谦虚谨慎与你的 神同行。(6:6–7)
这正是真敬虔的核心：
(a) ➤ 行公义：在待人接物中活出神的公义。 (b) ➤ 存慈爱（hesed）：“hesed”意为盟约忠诚，坚定的爱。 (c) ➤ 存谦卑的心与你的神同行：不骄傲，不自夸，不作宗教表演——而是每日谦卑倚靠主。不仅为神做事，更要与神同行。
(3) 恶人必受审判的定论（弥迦书6:9-16）
弥迦书后半部警示：神的忍耐不抵消神的圣洁。欺诈的天平、不公义、暴力与顽固的罪必招致毁灭。弃绝神之道者必受真实审判，但归向祂的人永远有怜悯可求——正如出埃及时所显明的怜悯。
🔥 今日应用
(1) 铭记神的救赎之工
正如以色列人需追溯出埃及记，我们当回望十字架。神先拯救我们——顺服源于救赎。
(2) 停止将神视为重担
属灵倦怠常非神失职，而是心灵远离祂的征兆。 归回始于记念祂的恩典。
(3) 今日活出弥迦书6:8：在你的地方行公义。因上帝已施怜悯于你，故要爱怜悯。与上帝谦卑同行——不超前，不落后。
(4) 相信上帝必审判恶人：我们无需自行报复。上帝看见，上帝知道，祂必在祂的时间惩治恶人。
🙏 结束祷告
主啊，当我们心志昏沉将祢视为重担时，求祢赦免。求祢提醒我们祢的救赎之工，从出埃及到十字架倾注的恩典。教导我们行公义、好怜悯、存谦卑的心与祢同行。使我们远离恶人的道路，将我们心志锚定在祢信实之中。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。
