Micah 06:06-08 What God Wants From You

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Text: Micah 6:6-8

Introduction

1. People have always needed to know what God wants from them.

2. He has revealed what He wants and expects.

a. But people have attempted life on their own terms

b. What God wants of them gets “lost” in the darkness of human wisdom and striving.

3. Think about this matter of what God wants from us.

Body

I. HE WANTS OUR ATTENTION

A. People forget God!

1. A very human problem, failing! – Deuteronomy 8:11-14, 17

2. “ye that forget God” – Psalm 50:22

3. Perhaps they remember His name, His existence: but in practice in fact they forget Him –  Deuteronomy 8:11

B. Listen to God! – Matthew 4:4

1. this verse comes out of great human need … such need as can cause one to “forget” God

2. but Jesus points direct to God at such a time

3. Are we attentive to Him? – Matthew 17:5

II. HE WANTS OUR LOVE

A. That fact has always amazed me

1. Why would omnipotent God want a puny human’s love?

2. I’m not alone in my amazement! – Psalm 8:3-5

B. Here is what He wants – Deuteronomy 6:5 repeated at Matthew 22:37

1. and this love He wants is not a “casual glance”

2. He wants our undivided, unreserved love!

III. HE WANTS OUR OBEDIENCE

A. Certainly, the obedience grows naturally from our love

1. An important point of understanding – Psalm 51:16-19

2. Something undergirds offerings – Mark 12:33

3. did God command sacrifices and offerings?

a. absolutely! but obedience with our heart, willingness, understanding was not the obedience He wanted

b. obedience without conviction, commitment, concurrence is cold “ceremony” – Romans 6:17

B. So, God wants your …

1. Belief in Christ – John 3:16

2. Repentance of sin – 2 Peter 3:9

3. Burial with Christ in baptism – Colossians 2:12

4. Are these “things” expressions of love for God? – 1 John 5:3

IV. HE WANTS YOUR LIFE

A. Note Galatians 2:20 and Colossians 3:1-4

1. in both passages “life” appears – it is His, He created it

2. on again, off again relationship is not what He wants

3. He wants all of you, not a sort of wise warm (nominal) relationship

B. The practical expression of this?

1. He wants our service in His cause – Romans 6:22

2. He wants the practice, the manner of our life conforming to His pattern and will – Ephesians 4:22-24

3. He wants our unswerving commitment – Philippians 3:13-14

V. HE WANTS YOUR “COMPANY”

A. Surrounded by angels, He wants you there with Him

1. once again, I find a certain amazement in this

2. but the testimony of scripture supports

B. There is a place there for you – John 14:1-3

1. This is “homecoming” – Psalm 116:15

2. This homecoming is for people who have responded to what God wants from them! – Revelation 14:12-13

Conclusion

1. The thoughts are simple enough for all of us to understand.

2. Will we  grasp these thoughts as ours?

3. And act on them?