Walking Humbly With Our God
Month 8: Right & Wrong · Family Worship
Today's Scripture
Read together: Micah 6:6-8
6 With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? 7 Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Memory Verse
“He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”— Micah 6:8 (BSB)memorize this week
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: Job 16-18
Job feels alone and misunderstood, yet keeps crying out to God. Even in pain, he keeps walking with the Lord — humbly holding on.The Heart of It
Today is our family worship day. It's a chance to gather everything we've learned this week and let it settle deep. Read the whole passage. Notice the question the people ask in . "What can I bring God to make Him happy? Lots of offerings? Even something huge?" They thought being good was about giving God enough stuff. But God's answer flips it around. He doesn't want a performance. He wants a person who walks with Him. "Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God." This whole week pointed right here. Right and wrong are real because God is good (Day 211). He has shown us what is good (Day 212). Without Him, nobody could call anything truly wrong (Day 213). Good isn't whatever we feel (Day 214). His Spirit guides us into truth (Day 215). And goodness shows up in justice and mercy toward people (Day 216). The crown of it all is the last phrase: walk humbly with your God.
Humility is the secret that ties the whole list together. A proud person tries to be good on their own. Then he looks down on everyone else. A humble person knows they need God every day. They need Him for forgiveness. They need Him for guidance. They need Him for the power to do right at all. That's why this is good news, not heavy news. We don't have to carry the whole weight of being good by ourselves. We get to walk with God, hand in hand. We ask His help. We trust His mercy when we fail. We grow more like Jesus one step at a time. To "walk" means we keep going. We're not perfect, but we're moving. We stay close, and we never give up. That's the life God is inviting your whole family into.
Around the Table
God doesn't want us to buy His love with stuff. He wants us to walk with Him every day, like holding a parent's hand!
Let's do it: Hold hands and "walk" around the room together saying, "I walk with God, humbly, every day!"
The people thought lots of gifts would make God happy. But God wanted their hearts. He wanted them to do right, be merciful, and stay close to Him humbly.
Let's talk: What's the difference between trying to impress God and walking with God?
First the people offer God a "religion of performance." But then God names the heart He actually wants. Humility is the hinge. It keeps justice from becoming pride. It keeps mercy from becoming self-congratulation.
Let's go deeper: Why is it impossible to truly "do justly and love mercy" without humility? What happens to justice and mercy when pride takes over?
💬 Conversation Starter
God doesn't want us to impress Him with big gifts. He wants us to walk with Him. So what's one small way our family can stay close to God this week? Not to earn anything. Just to be near Him.
🛡️ Defending the Faith
Some people picture God as a stern boss, just waiting for us to mess up. We can show them . He's a good God. He has shown us what's good, and He invites us to walk with Him. The kindest defense of the faith is a humble, joyful life. That kind of life makes God look as good as He really is ().
For Dad · Go Deeper
Family worship doesn't need to be polished. It needs to be humble and consistent. Notice that the climax of Micah's command isn't an achievement. It isn't "be good enough." It's a relationship: "walk with your God." That should shape how you lead tonight. Our children are growing up in a self-glorifying age. The most counter-cultural thing you can model for them is genuine humility before God. That means admitting you don't have it all together, and that you, too, are still learning to do justly and love mercy. Resist the urge to perform spiritual leadership. Instead, walk it where they can see. Let them watch you confess, depend, and keep going after failure. A father who walks humbly with God gives his children the safest possible picture of who God is. He gives them the most believable apologetic they will ever encounter: a dad whose life quietly proves that knowing God is good.
Draws on: Tony Evans, Raising Kingdom Kids; Frank Turek, Stealing from God.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, we don't want to just impress You. We want to walk with You. Thank You for showing us what is good. Help us do what's right. Help us love mercy. Help us walk humbly with You. We lean on Your Spirit. In Jesus' name, amen."
God doesn't want my performance. He wants me to walk humbly with Him, every single day.