Theological
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Discipleship
Focus: Up
- Up: Up is the word we use for what we worship. If we are following God’s will, God will occupy the Up position. Our life, our identity, our mission, our family on mission is all derived from Up. This is why God needs to be in our Up position.
I really struggled with where to go in this particular devotion.
We have a warning against mourning incorrectly.
We have discussions on what to eat.
We have discussions on tithing.
How does that all fit into discipleship?
Eventually, I decided to focus on Up. After all, Moses’ issue with mourning is that
we do so in a way that reminds us that God is God, the deceased person is not
God, and they ultimately rest in God’s care.
So in the midst of our mourning, we need to remember who God is and why
we are in relationship with Him. As
Moses says, we are children of God first and foremost.
Regarding foods to eat, this is also a distinction made by
God. God asks the Hebrew people to eat
only certain foods as a way of separating them out from the world. God wants to make them different. There’s nothing inherently wrong with a pig
or a camel, or any other “unclean” animal.
They were all created by God, after all!
Rather, the list of edible animals is about the people and their willingness
to abide by God’s wishes because God is God.
The same can be said about tithing. We tithe because of what God first gives to
us. We tithe because we are in a
relationship with God. We tithe because
of our gratitude towards Him. But
ultimately our tithe is rooting in Him because He is the object of our
worship. He should be in our Up position
so that all of life revolves around Him.
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