Walk, Don’t Run

Welcome and it's time for hope and encouragement from Our Daily Bread. The devotional for today was written by John Place and it's titled walk don't run I'd see her welcoming the dawn each day. She was our local power walker.

As I drove my kids to school, she'd be there on the road shoulder equipped with an oversized pair of headphones and knee-high colorful socks. She walked with an alternating movement of arms and feet always with 1 foot in contact with the ground. The sport is different from running or jogging power walking involves an intentional restraint reining in of the body's natural inclination to run, although it doesn't look like it. There's just as much energy focus and power involved as an running or jogging, but it's under control power under control. That's the key biblical humility like power walking is often viewed as weakness.

The truth is, it's not humility isn't diminishing our strengths or abilities but rather allowing them to be reined in. Much like the arms and legs and feet guided by the mind of an early-morning power walker.

Micah's words to walk humbly, our call for us to reign in our inclination to go ahead of God. He says in Micah 68 to act justly and to love mercy, and I can bring with it a desire to do something and do it fast, that's fair. Since the daily injustices in our world are so overwhelming. But we are to be controlled and directed by God. Our goal is to see his will and purposes accomplished in the dawning of his kingdom here on earth.

This is today's Our Daily Bread devotional Scripture reading. It's from Micah chapter 6 verses six through eight with what shall I come before the Lord, and bow down before the exalted God, shall I come before him with burnt offerings with cabs a year old. Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams with 10,000 rivers of olive oil.

Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression. The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul. He has shown you, O mortal 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 ballot spring father in this world. Humility is seen as weakness and even those of us who seek to follow.

You are not immune. Our ultimate desire is to walk faithfully with you, Lord, your ways are higher than our ways and your ways lead to true life while our ways lead us to death. Father, teach us, so that our staff will be in line with you and your will.

Thank you, Lord. It's in Jesus name that we pray, and live amen on today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread ministries