Micah [1:3-5]; 5:2-5a; 6:6-8, Micah

Sunday, November 15, 2026
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“He 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?”

— Micah 6:8

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NL Daily Devotion for Sunday, November 15, 2026

by Dr. Kimberly Leetch, Clergy Stuff

Main Idea: God expects God’s people to move through the world with humility and justice. Now more than ever justice requires action.

Much like Naaman in last week’s text, this passage in Micah highlights the importance of humility. Unlike the Aramean Naaman, this time it is the people of Israel that have grieved God with their wickedness. The prophet described in horrifying detail what will become of Israel due to its transgression. In response, Israel lamented the many horrible things they would have to do to make it up to God. Will a burnt offering be enough? Will rivers of oil? Or will God require a sacrifice of a firstborn child?

Thankfully, God made it clear on several occasions that God was not interested in their hollow words or actions, nor was God interested in human sacrifice. What God wanted was far simpler: for the people “do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with [their] God.”

In many ways, a burnt offering would have been far easier to achieve than justice and humility. These are more than characteristics; humility and justice demand action. We’re living in a frightening time right now when the doling out of petty retaliation is sold to us as justice. If you live in a community openly affected by thinly-veiled state violence, then you know better than most how difficult true justice can be to obtain or distribute. If this hateful action and rhetoric hasn’t yet started affecting your community (or you personally), it might be easy to ignore acts of justice in favor of keeping your head down and flying under the radar.

Justice requires action. We can no longer sit quietly or remain silent when injustices are being badly disguised as lawfulness. Our silence and complacency are violence now. Failing to do or speak justice is as harmful as the administration of punishment.

Wonder about how your faith community is responding to the abuses of power, withholding of resources, and terrorizing of communities that are on your doorstep. Consider how will you speak or act so that your words and actions become powerful tools for justice.