Walking humbly with our God and forgiving one another. With what shall we come before the Lord (Micah 6:6) who forgives all our sins, and how often shall our fellow Christians sin against us and we forgive them (Matthew 18:21)? Our gracious God on high does not need our “burnt offerings” or “thousands of rams” (Micah 6:6-7), which we could legitimately offer in thanksgiving. He is the Savior who gave His only-begotten Son for our transgression. He offers the fruit of His body, once hanging dead on a cross but now living and giving life in His holy Meal, for the sin of our souls (Micah 6:7). Because He releases us from our enormous debt of sin against Him, we need not imprison our fellow sinners with our lack of love and refusal of forgiveness (Matthew 18:24, 27, 30). As partakers of His grace, we yearn for one another “with the affection of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:8). As forgiven sinners, we are filled with the fruit of Christ’s righteousness, for He leads us “to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with [our] God” (Micah 6:8).