He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
“Doing justice is inseparably connected to preaching grace. This is true in two ways. One way is that the gospel produces a concern for the poor. The other is that deeds of justice gain credibility for the preaching of the gospel. In other words, justification by faith leads to doing justice, and doing justice can make many seek to be justified by faith.”
Tim Keller in Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just (New York: Penguin Random House, 2010) 140.
Does your doing match your preaching? Keller rightly notes that when we do justly it draws people to the gospel of grace and vice versa.
Pause and ask yourself this question. Does my concern for the poor and my kindness toward others point people to Jesus?
Too many times, my honest answer is that I lack kindness or justice for the poor, which in turn gives a poor reflection of Jesus and the gospel to a watching world.
God, help me remember that what you require of me is to live out my faith humbly with kindness and generosity to those in need.