Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 51
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Zero Mostel in the movie Fiddler on the Roof singing… Tradition … poignantly and powerfully singing of The many Jewish traditions which are honored and carried on in Jewish life without really knowing the “WHY” behind the tradition.
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Highlight Passage: … Mark 7:8 [NLT] …
8 ”….For you ignore God’s law and substitute your own tradition.”
… Jesus rebukes the Pharisees and religious leaders for letting their man-made traditions from getting in the way of honoring God with their lives.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Mark 7:1-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus rebukes the Religious Leaders and Pharisees for letting Jewish man-made traditions get in the way of honoring God’s commands.
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Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 10:1-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
…God’s warning to His people, thru Jeremiah, to avoid following traditions and practices of the regions where those practices lead to idolatry.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 15:1-3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Matthew’s version of Jesus rebuking the religious leaders for letting their man-made traditions get in the way of honoring God’s Law.
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 11:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul exhorting fellow Christians to follow closely what he had taught them about following the Gospel of Christ in their (our) daily lives.
Reference Passage: … 2Thessalonians 2:14-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul again charges fellow Christians to hold fast to the Gospel and to follow and model Christlikeness in all they (we) think, say, and do.
Reference Passage: … 1Timothy 4:7-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches Timothy the importance of working diligently to help fellow Christians honor God with their (our) practices and not waist time on old-wives tales and godless ideas.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Katara Patton … AT THIS LINK … tells of a young mother ALWAYS cutting a pot-roast in half (see photo) before putting the meat in her large pan for roasting. She told her daughter that she did it that way because that was the way her mother had done it, … learning later that was done that way because her mother didn’t have a pot big enough for the large piece of meat.
Sometimes we end up doing things over and over in certain ways, like Zero Mostel sings in the linked song … because of TRADITION. And when we older folks do that, we may hear our kids or grandkids, these days, saying, “REALLY?? … WHATEVER, !!”
So, maybe we need to pause in our lives and do a self-inventory, guided by God’s truth in the Scriptures above. and check out to see if our life practices are honoring God or are they part of our lives because of mind-less … man-made … traditions? I’m going to leave it to my readers and God’s Spirit to work that one out.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing us the way to follow You, … thru your word rather than maybe Facetime or YouTube or the way mamma did it.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to take stock of the way we’re living our lives for You, Lord. … Amen
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