Today, 06/20/10, was Father’s day. A day to observe in the U.S. I am reminded of a few verses.
Mark 7:9, “”You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!”
Rom. 2:25, “Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.”
Gal. 3:5, “Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?”
Gal. 4:10, “You observe days, and months, and times, and years.”
“Observe1” means:
- to stand beside and watch, to watch assiduously, observe carefully
- to watch, attend to with the eyes
- of auguries, to see what he is going to do
- in a bad sense, to watch insidiously
- to watch one’s self
- to watch, attend to with the eyes
- to observe, keep scrupulously
- to neglect nothing requisite to the religious observance of
I’ve noticed that the expectation of the event comes with the day or event being observed. If the expectation is not met then there could be a potential for disappointment. Christ is always the ever-present, ever-joyful expectation of hope in us and we are not disappointed or ashamed, Rom. 5:5.
I believe the old nature could attach or entangle, Gal. 5:1, itself to these observances and expectations if one is not careful. In turn, the ego turns on itself betraying itself.m In Christ, we are dead to the guilt and penalty of the law. Even the law in our hearts because of the sprinkling of His blood upon our hearts, Heb. 10:22. Who we were is not who we are in Christ, Gal. 2:20.
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