Devotion 4/21, Worship His Majesty!
These [religious rules about what you eat and drink, keeping festivals and special Sabbath days] are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. Colossians 2:17
What a valid lesson for us today. There is nothing wrong with certain traditions that we may have in our churches as long as we are not worshiping those traditions instead of Jesus Christ. God wants our hearts to be centered on the Lord, not on religion. God desires a relationship with us through His Son, He wants to be the center of our lives 7 days a week, not just on Sunday or whenever we go to church.
While some religions might feel like a more spiritual lifestyle, these religions are only a shadow of what God offers us in Jesus. In Jesus, we have reality: spiritual reality and human reality. God became one of us in Jesus so we could be one with him and share in his glory. What is real is what we find in Jesus.
Give me focus, O Lord, to follow your Son with all my heart. I know so many other religious ideas are out there, but I also know that only Jesus showed how much you love me by dying for me and saving me from sin and death. I want to not only trust and follow him, but I also want my character to be conformed to his. I pray in the name of the only true Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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