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In Micah chapter 6, we’re invited to listen to a conversation between God and the people. God starts by asking a straightforward but powerful question: "Why have you forgotten my goodness?" They are reminded of God's saving grace delivering them from Egypt, guiding them through the wilderness, and giving them leaders like Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. According to Micah 6:4, God did these things for them so they would never forget how deeply God loves and cares for them.

But the people had forgotten this, and as a result, their worship had not come from their hearts. During this time the people brought offerings from their herds and flocks—often the best they had. They gave a perfect lamb, pure olive oil, and precious gifts that reflect not what is good, but what is perfect. The sacrifices showed their trust in the offering more than the One who created it.
 

They gave perfect things without offering a growing heart, and so God responds with a charge against them.
 

“Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil?” -Micah 6
 

God’s answer is clear: A perfect offering without a progressing soul means nothing. God gives a powerful, concise summary of what is required:
 

“To live justly and to love kindness and to walk with God in all humility?” -Micah 6
 

This is what God desires: not flawless sacrifices, but lives that reflect God's mercy and souls that walk humbly, recognizing a need for continual growth. You see, God never asked us to be perfect. He asks us to grow, surrender, and be influenced by God's mercy and love for us. But Micah goes further. In the verses that follow, he shows us what happens when we put our trust in things that exclude the process—dishonest scales, empty measures, the shortcuts and illusions that promise satisfaction but deliver emptiness. Rejecting human weakness may lead to a polished but hollow outcome.
 

This is true even today? We might finish the task, reach the destination, or produce something impressive—but without a growing heart there is no satisfaction. It feels empty because the product excludes the human element needed for a true transformation.
 

Even in our digital world, this truth remains. Technology can assist, tools can fix, but only the heart can bring meaning to the work. The offering God wants is not a perfect product, but the person behind it. Jesus tells this same truth in Matthew 5:8 when he says, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” A pure heart is not a flawless one. It is a sincere one—a heart willing to stand corrected and unashamed of the process. Paul continues this thought in Philippians 1:6, when he reminds the early church:
 

“…The Creator who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion…”
 

God is continually perfecting us—as we make room to grow. And this message isn’t only in the Bible. The Book of Mormon in Moroni 10:32 tells it beautifully:
 

“Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him… then is his grace sufficient for you.”
 

We are perfected in Christ—through imperfect ways, through an ongoing relationship with him. So what offering does God desire from us today?
 

The offering is something that comes from the heart. It's not perfect—but it is perfected in Christ.
The good news is that we are accepted as we participate in the process, which includes our imperfections, reminding us that with God nothing is impossible.