Requirements

by Pastor Debra Bronkema, January 25, 2026| connect.faith, Everyday Spirituality: The Blog

January 28, 2026

Requirements

Micah 6:8

The Lord has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?

Requirements

When a semester starts, there is a list of requirements. Books to buy and read, papers to write, lectures to attend, exams to prepare for. Students know what it is they are supposed to do in the big picture, though the details of what it might look like for each student are not yet clear.

There’s a part of us that would like our faith to be like that. Tell me the rules, give me a list of what I’m supposed to do, and I’ll make sure to do my part. The scripture for today is as close to a list of requirements as one verse can be. Do justice, love kindness, walk humbly with God – there it is in one line. Enough in that verse to last a lifetime. It pairs really well with Jesus telling us to love God with all that we are, and love our neighbor as we love ourselves.

What is doing justice, what is loving kindness, what is walking humbly? Those questions asked at the center of who we are call us deeper and deeper into a life of faith that changes us from the inside out. Those words, coming to life in us, can put us in places where how we live can change life for other people.

May it be so for you and for me.

Reflection Questions:

1) What could doing justice look like for you today?

2) What could loving kindness be for you today?

3) What could walking humbly with God mean for you today?

Prayer: Dear God, Help me to see the ways you call me to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with you. Help me to answer that call. In Jesus Name, Amen