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Refuse Unjust Tradition (3)

13 September 2016

It comes down to this: ask. Before anything else, you want to ask God. Make sure you’re in line with the heart of God. You don’t want to step out to challenge tradition if you’re not. Because traditions can be helpful ways of passing on what God wants to the next generation - or they can be deathly, wall-building human things. So you have to know which one of those you’re challenging, and the best way to know is to ask God, and check with His words in the Bible. And when you ask God for His heart for the situation, it also means that you’ll be carrying His character into conversations. You’ll discuss change with the aim to de-escalate, not provoke. You’ll be able to lay out your case, without anger making it seem like a personal vendetta. And you’ll be sensitive to His timing. The daughters of Zelophehad were known as wise because they spoke in the exact moment that they needed to, not too early, or leaving it too late. So, today, if you’re out to fight for justice, you’ll have a whole range of other people telling you the best way to campaign or mobilise or protest. God cares about it though, and He’ll guide you if you ask.

What now?
Take what’s on your heart to Jesus. Ask for His way, not the world’s way, of bringing about change.

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