Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: Compassion Ministries, Mentor's Guide, MG16

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D O I N G J U S T I C E A N D L O V I N G M E R C Y : C O M P A S S I O N M I N I S T R I E S

righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. [9] Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, “Here I am.” If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, [10] if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. [11] And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. To do justice and to love mercy is the surest way we can offer acceptable worship to God, and prove in fact that we are actually walking humbly with him. Unfortunately, the history of God’s leaders and his people are often littered with acts of injustice (cf. Mic. 2.1-2; 3.1-3; 6.11), being selfish and disloyal to our neighbors (Mic. 2.8-9; 3.10-11; 6.12), and walking in arrogance and haughtiness before God (2.3). Our aim in this module is to ground the students in the theology of these truths, and probe for implications of them for those living in the city. The aims of this module are bold and important, so please pay careful attention to them. They are clearly stated, carefully integrated throughout the material, and designed for you to emphasize them throughout the lesson, especially during the discussions and interaction with the students. The more you can highlight the objectives throughout the class period, the better the chances are that they will understand and grasp the magnitude of these objectives. The objectives above are designed to shape the entire learning experience of this lesson. Your philosophy must be to integrate all the various ideas, activities, and issues probed in this lesson around them. They represent, in fact, what we hope the students will retain, understand, recite, and embrace as a result of engaging the data in this lesson. They are critical for all you do, and should be referred to often and discussed throughout. Do not hesitate, therefore, to discuss these objectives briefly before you enter into the class period. Draw the students attention to the objectives, for, in a real sense,

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