The story...
I was 23 years old and my feet hurt; so, I went to a podiatrist for help. He explained that my body structure caused me to walk in a manner that caused pain. He recommended I wear orthotics, to align my body, if I wanted to continue doing the things I liked to do. I said: "Tell me how to walk right and I'll walk right." The doctor paused, probably grimaced, and said: "Friend, you have another problem that's bigger than your feet."
Micah 6:8 says that a good life is found walking humbly with God. I expect that the admonishment is not to "try" to walk humbly with God, rather to "actually" walk humbly with God. This transformation has to be a great work of God in a person's inner self - there's no way that I could make that kind of change on my own. God did the work so that I might walk humbly with Him - an honest appreciation of self. No matter how hard we try, we can't be good enough to walk closely and humbly/honestly with God - our sin nature and God's Holiness don't fit together - like oil and water. Walking humbly with God... what a wonderful way to be. Being as truthful with the reality of me as possible.
The only church in town would frequently present the gospel truth. The person whose trusting in their own good works might hear, with surprise and great relief, about God's great work for us in Christ. They'd experience transformed people living out a right relationship with God in Christ. Pilgrim, how's your life progressing?
Just for today...
"I've always had a prideful, exaggerated sense of my abilities, assuming I could do anything and knew the right answers to everyone's questions . . . I offended many people with my opinionated, know-it-all manner . . . This new relationship with God, who knows best, invited me to rethink my position in life; it also invited me to consider the concept of humbleness." Hope for Today (p. 117)
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