This week was Youth Takeover Sunday! We heard several of our high school students share on Micah 6:8, and God’s heart for us to “Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.” This verse isn’t just a poetic statement—it’s a call to action, a blueprint for how we’re meant to live every single day. As followers of Christ, we’re invited into a life that reflects God’s heart: one that stands for justice, overflows with compassion, and walks in humility before Him.

Micah 6:8
“He has told you, O man, 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?”

Do Justice

  1. Justice Is a Daily Lifestyle
  2. Live with integrity
  3. Do what’s right even when it costs you.
  4. Stand up for the outcast, the overlooked, and the mistreated.

James 1:22

“Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.”

  • Jesus Modeled Real Justice
  • Jesus sat with outcasts, protected the broken, and called out hypocrisy.
  • Fought for heart-level change, not just behavior change.

On the cross, perfect justice and perfect mercy met.

Matthew 9:35-36

“35And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”

Jesus didn’t just talk about justice; He embodied it. Jesus sat with outcast protected the broken and called out hypocrisy, not being feared of who he was going to be judged by because he knew the truth. 

  • Justice starts in your own heart and world.
  • Don’t ignore racism, gossip, favoritism, pride, or lust.
  • Be an advocate, even when the world stays quiet. 
  • Be an advocate, even when the world stays quiet. 

Proverbs 21:3

“To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.”

BE MEN AND WOMEN OF ACTION 

Loving- Kindness

Loving-Kindness is a tenderness and consideration toward others.

We see loving kindness represented in the Bible, with the story of Joseph in the Old Testament. Joseph forgives his brothers after being wrongfully treated and sold into slavery at just 17 years old.

Genesis 45:1-7

“1Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. 2 But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it. 3oseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence. 4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt! 5 And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you. 6For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. 7God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.”

Here are some practical ways for how we can show loving kindness to others:

  • Forgive those who wrong you- Matthew 6:14-15,
  • Look for ways to serve and offer kindness without expecting anything in return- Ephesians 6:7-8,
  • Speak life and truth in every situation- Proverbs 18:21.

Walk humble with God

Humility is a modest or low view of one’s own importance.

Pride is a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements.

John 13:3-5

“3Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God. 4So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist. 5After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.”

Servants in the Roman Empire dressed a specific way, had difficult jobs and a low place in society. Jesus models humility for us by dressed himself as a servant and washing the feet of His disciples.

John 13:14-15

“14If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.”

Discussion Questions:

  1. What does “doing justice” look like in your everyday life?
  2. What would it look like to show kindness without expecting anything in return this week?
  3. Jesus washed His disciples’ feet (John 13:3–5). What are modern ways we can “wash each other’s feet” in our families, churches, or communities?

Application Questions:

  1. Which of the three—justice, kindness, or humility—do you feel God is emphasizing for you right now? Why?
  2. What’s one action step you can take this week to live out Micah 6:8 more fully?