Sunday, February 28, 2010

Washing Hands



"Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."
Matthew 15:2


The pharisees added many laws onto the Law of God.

I find that so easy to identify with.

People tend to hold the pharisees at arm's length and say, "They were too insistent on their little Jewish traditions and their own made up rules that did not come from God."

Have you ever locked yourself into your own traditions and made-up rules?

How fervent are you about washing your hands?

Consider the young mothers who work tirelessly to sanitize their homes. Many of these mothers end up changing a diaper or two during the night ... and in the dark. In some cases the parent who wishes to keep his or her house clean comes to the troubling conclusion that human waste may have been spread around into unknown places.

What would a guest or outsider say if he or she noticed it?

Some parents respond to this realization by checking out of life. They continue to live in such a house and tend to their children, but they are simply robots caring out their tasks with expectation for little more than watching some comedy show at the end of their day.

They have ceased to live their own life.

How rarely we ask ourselves who has set these heavy conditions on us. Did God require us to sterilze and santize everything, or is that something we have decided to do on our own?

Technically speaking, sterization is a process of killing life. Most human beings in the modern world live sterile lives ... sure other people might be convinced they will not be infected, but -truth be told- the modern world is dead.

The most neurotic aspects of a man's life revolve around the laws and traditions he holds himself to.

Some teenagers refuse to leave the house until they have researched and found the exact clothes their friends will approve of. Some husbands spend their entire marriages doing nothing but finding ways to advance their careers and achieve greater salaries. Some women refuse to allow guests over until they have vacuumed and dusted their entire house.

I am rarely able to tear myself away from my car or house unless I have locked it (at least once).

The laws we hold ourselves to are far more complex and exhaustive than the laws of any government. Is it so hard to see how we are confined to a prison of our own making?

What I find to be even more disturbing is the way we justify our psychotic behavior (for that is exactly what it is) in the name of Jesus. We tell ourselves that chasing our tails and panicking while teaching Sunday school is worrying and despairing for God.

In other words, we are doing in God's name the very thing He has commanded us not to do! Is there any wonder how people make disciples who are twice as much sons of hell as they are?

Jesus responded to the pharisees by contrasting the suffocating complexity of their laws with the simple and liberating Law of God. Jesus emphasized the simple command the pharisees had forgotten: honor your father and mother.

When Martha told Jesus to rebuke Mary because she was not cleaning the house (and instead spending time at the feet of Jesus), the Lord told Martha that God only requires one thing of us.

Only one thing!

Think of all the rules and laws we set aside for ourselves ... saving money for our children's college, staying fit and healthy, doing our taxes, keeping a budget, staying paid up on five kinds of insurance ... and to say only one thing is required? How strange and yet how wonderful.

Jesus did not teach people to stop washing their hands and cleaning their houses, but he did want people to be righteous in the righteousness of God ... and not in the superficial certification of following human rules.

As we go about our day, may we rely on Christ to teach us about the true obedience he desires. May we become disciples of God's Way, and not the prisoners of human misdoings and empty striving.


28 Comments:

Blogger Pam said...

Hi Micah,

Human beings are such confusing creatures that sometimes, I hate being one! Knowing that Christ did it all requires nothing of us but to lay everything at His feet. He is the end of our strife. Someday, when He has perfected us, we will live that reality.

Pam

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Blogger Micah Hoover said...

Hi Pam!

Laying everything at the feet of Christ is simple, and his burden is light. We make it so hard on ourselves ...

Thanks for stopping by! I miss your reflective observations :)

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Hi Micah,

This is my first time visiting your blog! You made a great point--we really do put too much emphasis on rules and tradition that we forget about being Disciples for Christ! Abundant Blessings! Gloria

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