Good Saturday! What is the Law of Moses? Much of it is what we expect, don't do this, don't do that, and here is the consequences when you do. Then came our Lord with a change: do love your God with all of your heart, soul, and strength. Love your neighbor as yourself. Wait, are we sure those do's are news? Actually, though we tend to look at the law as a bunch of fun-robbing don'ts, Jesus quoted laws from scripture. Love your neighbor is Leviticus 19:18, and loving God with our all is in Deut 6:5. But, there is a do that is new: make disciples out of the lot (my paraphrase).
The chosen people had blown it, and now the Word was to go out to all nations. We are a part of that command, both in our reception and in passing it along. We pass on the teaching of Jesus in the way we live mostly, but we are also allowed to speak and sing and write. We do not have to grab people off the street in a headlock and force the word on them, but when they ask, and many will, we must be ready to testify.
Here is where the professional devotional writer would just shut up and leave it. To me this seems a bit weak today, and you have probably heard this message before. Sorry, my Saturday mind is in falling on other things. Distractions are bumping my thought train right off the tracks. Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to write this morning, even when it's a bit of a mashup.
God bless,Bucky
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