Lenten Devotional
Today's reading I think is best summed up is with devotion. Each and every story teaches us more and more about devotion to our King or Father. It all starts with the religious leaders of Jesus time. They want to test and get to the core of Jesus' teaching and followers. They start with what seems to be a very trivial accusation of the disciples. They are accused of not washing their hands prior to eating. This is a very important aspect of the laws on cleanliness. Even if the food is "clean" when eaten, it must remain "clean" as partaken, or so the belief follows. Jesus refutes this on grounds that it is not what goes into the person making them clean, but what comes out. IT is God who is in charge not the laws of people or the supposed interpretations of the laws.
This all continues through the readings as we come to the final reading in chapter seventeen where Jesus talks about the temple tax. It becomes a question of who are we as people. Are we the children of God? If we are the children of God, why do we need to pay a temple tax? God is King and ruler. This is a tough lesson. We need reminded over and over that we are God's children.
Are we willing to follow God as our Father and our King (ruler)? The season of Lent calls us back to a path of following God. Just as this week's readings taught the power of God and the compassion held for the Children of God, we need to be willing to accept who our Father is.
These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules. (Matthew 15:9 quoting Isaiah 29:13).
This all continues through the readings as we come to the final reading in chapter seventeen where Jesus talks about the temple tax. It becomes a question of who are we as people. Are we the children of God? If we are the children of God, why do we need to pay a temple tax? God is King and ruler. This is a tough lesson. We need reminded over and over that we are God's children.
Are we willing to follow God as our Father and our King (ruler)? The season of Lent calls us back to a path of following God. Just as this week's readings taught the power of God and the compassion held for the Children of God, we need to be willing to accept who our Father is.
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