We live in a world that loves false dilemmas. It's either justice or mercy. Truth or love. Either faithfulness to God or survival in a rough, complicated world. And when our choices feel impossible like that, we're tempted to shrug and say, “There’s just no way.”
Well, there is. Today, let's take our cue from the prophet Micah.
He says, “He has told you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God?”
Notice that Micah doesn’t give us an escape plan we might be looking for. He doesn’t lower the bar of holiness or spiritualize problems away. He simply says: This is the way.
Justice, then, is not optional, even when systems are stacked against you. Kindness is not weakness, even when cruelty feels efficient, popular, and necessary. Humility is not passivity, even when pride and power are tempting a different way.
Be sure, God’s way is demanding. But God is never absent when we follow God's way. If God requires justice, then, God is already at work undoing injustice. If God calls us to love kindness, then kindness has not disappeared from the earth. And if God invites us to walk humbly, then the road is already beneath our feet.
Micah 6:8 doesn’t ask us to save the world. It asks us to choose a direction. Step by step and decision by decision. To be faithful even when it’s costly, loving when it’s inconvenient, and humble when boosting our ego feels better.
When the moment feels impossible, remember that God’s will is not a riddle to solve but a way to walk. And no matter how narrow, hidden, or resisted it may seem, there is always a way.
Stay blessed...john | 
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