Do The Walk Of Life

But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do,
    what God is looking for in men and women.
It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor,
    be compassionate and loyal in your love,
And don’t take yourself too seriously—
    take God seriously.

~Micah 6:8 

 

When I was younger (younger being a relative term), one of my favorite songs was "Walk of Life" by Dire Straits.  There was something about the catchy tune that stuck with me.  Combine that with Monty Python's "Ministry of Silly Walks" and you have a party waiting to happen.

 

But here's what I want you to consider: God has laid our very clearly what He wants from us...to ACT JUSTLY; to LOVE MERCY; to WALK HUMBLY!  What do we do instead?  Look at the news!  Act Justly?  Not really, we want our own way and everyone else is completely wrong!  Love Mercy? Hardly! We want revenge (and we call it "justice").  And we take ourselves FAR too seriously!

 

Listen with both ears: If you want to see change, then change YOU first!  Here's the first practical step to change you...Don't take yourself so seriously.  Think about this...one of the reasons we get upset and offended is because we take ourselves far too seriously.  And the other reason we get upset and offended is because someone has seen behind our mask of Cool!

 

How about this, BE REAL!!  BE GENUINE!! Keeping a mask in place all the time is enormously draining.  The day I understood that, life got a WHOLE lot easier!