Ecclesiastes 3:14 [NKJV]I know that whatever God does,
It shall be forever.
Nothing can be added to it,
And nothing taken from it.
God does it, that men should fear before Him.
Have you ever noticed that whenever a particular event is highly impactful, the first thing everyone wants to do is to replicate it? The conversation often goes something like this ... That was great! Let's do this every year!
Then, somewhere along the line, it becomes an obligation ... and a burden. And this is what happens whenever man tries to add to what God has ordained.
At Calvary, Christ fulfilled all of the annual feasts that the Lord describes in the books Exodus and Leviticus. In doing so, He obliterated the need to slaughter lambs, chickens or any other creature as a sacrifice. The symbolism of the Passover meal is made real in Jesus' life and death and resurrection. By repeating it every Spring, man is trying to add to what Christ Jesus declared (in John 19:30) to be finished.
Sisters and brothers, it is time to take a close look at our traditions, rites and rituals. How many of them claim to lead us to Christ, but instead lead us into stress and into submission to the world's expectations? There is no reason for the true follower of Christ to be distracted away from His voice by these or any man-made traditions. To follow His voice is follow the path to peace and blessing.
Be encouraged, Jose
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