You're listening to Encounter, a simple daily podcast to help you find the sacred in

the ordinary.

We have 100 meditation episodes on this podcast, but if you want to listen for free to the

entire library of 500, I encourage you to download the encountering piece mobile app where

all the meditations are free as they should be.

Have you ever started a project, but only to realize that you didn't have the tools required

to finish the task?

So it's Christmas Eve, and you're planning to simply put a big red bow on a toy that

didn't require assembly, except that it does.

And you don't have the one tool that's required.

The answer is usually duct tape or pounding a little harder using an old screw that you

found in the basement, and then there's always super glue.

But it's never quite as it was intended.

It may work, but it won't be as it was designed, because you didn't know ahead of time

what was required.

Have you been there?

Well the theme of this meditation from Micah chapter 6 is knowing what is required, what

God requires of you, knowing beforehand what is required and expected, so you can complete

divine tasks with confidence.

So to begin your meditation, slip into a time now in a place where you can ponder and reflect

on what God requires of you, you may start by listening and joining into this responsive

reading and prayer from Proverbs chapter 21.

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