What has He done to you?

Micah 6:3  " 'My people, what have I done to you?  How have I burdened you?  Answer Me.' "

At times, the way we sin against God and actively rebel against Him would seem to indicate that He has wronged us in some way.  To continually reject someone and their attempts to establish and build a relationship with us can indicate many things about how we feel about them.  Sometimes we push someone away because we don't have the time or energy to invest in them.  Other times we reject someone because of something they have done (real or perceived) to offend us.

In this verse, God is confronting His people and asking them why they reject Him.  Often, there is no good reason at all.  It takes the person asking us a simple, straight-forward question to make us realize that.  Or maybe their question opens up the floodgates for us to tell them in specific detail exactly how we believe they have wronged us.  This can lead to an open and honest conversation, possibly the first one ever between the participants.

The end result is often understanding, validation, correction of false interpretations, and reconciliation.  If you reject God for no good reason, let His question serve as a wake-up call and a motivation to come to Him.  If your rejection stems from feelings of being wronged by God, use His question as an invitation to engage in an open and honest conversation with Him.

He wants to be in relationship with us.  He wants to identify and remove any barriers that might prevent that relationship from forming and growing.  Accept the invitation and do the hard work that is necessary to work through whatever anger, rejection, hurt or abandonment that might be keeping you from what He has called you into- a real relationship with your Father.