The Triad Of Goodness - Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? - Micah 6:8

    Justice, mercy, humility is seen as “good” in the eyes of God. But in what application? Certainly, in today’s day and age, justice would be the first to be thrown out. Justice implies that one receives what he is due. According to holy Scripture, justice isn’t what sinners want from a just God. In fact, it’s the last thing we want. “God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.  They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.” Psalm 53:2-3.             
 What we really want, what we sinners really hope for, is the second of the triad of goodness - mercy. “Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses, for they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Your mercy remember me, for Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.” Psalm 25:6-7.
    Knowing that justice is a rigid and harsh mistress that requires mercy for forgiveness what then is required of us? How can we fallen sinners acknowledge that justice will be met with mercy if we are not humble enough to understand that we don’t deserve mercy in light of our sins? Thus, we reach for the third and final leg of the triad of goodness - humility. A proud heart knows no humility. “The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’” - Obadiah 1:3. Humility is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. When we walk humbly with God we are pursuing our sanctification as God’s elect, thus it is only with this humility that we seek the Lord. It is only with this humility that we can stand in the justice provided for us by Jesus Christ, whose precious blood purchased the mercy we so badly need.            
 This triad of justice, mercy, and humility fairly represents the Holy Trinity in that God the Father demands justice; Jesus Christ provides mercy, and the Holy Spirit instills humility in us . May we always walk in the triad of goodness and in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.