Resetting Our Moral Compass

“… do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God” – Micah 6:8 (KJV)

There is a reflection in the Bible which seems familiar with what we see happening today. It says, “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (Judges 17:6 – ESV). Our children are bombarded with curricula espousing evolution over creation and innocent remarks about a female having a girlfriend, needs unpacking to determine whether the relation is friendship or fetish. We are also cautioned in Galatians 5:19 that “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality.” (ESV).

When we first accepted Christ, there was an intense desire to please God, but there remain areas where we are unsure and others where we are tested. In anger, we can do and say things that our born-again selves would be embarrassed to admit. Our foe is complacency, which causes us to caveat our walk with God:

• It’s easier to align myself with man and depend on him; God is farther away. 

• Being a private Christian is more important for my personal walk with God than being a public Ambassador for Christ.

• God’s purpose can be put on hold while I build my secular career in an industry that does not glorify God.

Jeremiah, however, forewarns us – “Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.” [Jeremiah 11:8 ESV].

The caveats are distorting our moral compass. We need a reset, according to the prophet Micah, who defines the gold standard for our actions: 

“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” (Micah 6:8, KJV). 

Let us commit to a time of intercession, asking God for a reset of our moral compass – personally, in our family, and in our nation – ensuring that whatever our heart desires and our mouth speaks is done justly, lovingly, mercifully, and humbly.

Read: Proverbs 11:3, 1 Peter 3:16Bible Reading Guide: Psalm 69:29-36; Acts 1:23-26; Acts 2:1-21; 2 Samuel 5:6-25; 2 Samuel 6