Lent - Day 7

Lent Day 7

Matthew 15 & 16

I am learning about the Tree of Life and the Tree of The Knowledge of good and evil while going through lent.  Truly God's timing on this!  They are both working together for me!  As I am taking time for lent to drawer near to God, he is growing this knowledge of these trees for me.  I truly live through the tree of The knowledge of good and evil!  This was hard to admit!

Key point: 

We are to live by the Tree of Life!  The bible states this.  We are not to live by the Tree of The Knowledge.  The tree of The Knowledge is needed to know right from wrong but we are not get stuck in it.  It can be a very sad place to get stuck.  It can cause us to get to wrapped up in the do's and don'ts that it becomes our way of living.  We get focused on the rules! 

In Matthew 15:1-20 it is about the Pharisees questions Jesus about a tradition (rule) that is required.  The Pharisees are so caught in the routine of washing the hands to purify yourself before eating that they lose site of living.  All they see are the rules (Tree of The Knowledge).  They can not look past the person who didn't wash because that is the rule.  They miss the moment to make an impact on that persons life, because they can not move past the rule. 

When we are stuck in the Tree of The Knowledge we have a hard time accepting someone where they are.  With the Pharisees they are so focused on hand washing they miss what really keeps them clean...God - Christ Blood!!  Even with Jesus right there, they miss it!

Going through the routine - steps - rules to walk through life can be very numbing.  You don't think for yourself.  You just simply do because that is what the routine - steps - rules do.  When we are stuck in the Tree of The Knowledge all we tend to see our the ones not living by the right routine - steps - rules.  It can great frustration, disappointment, anger, sadness and tiredness.  Then what happens when YOU miss step and miss one of the routines - steps- rules!!  You yourself become frustrated, disappoinmented, anger, sad and tired! 

This is not the way God intended us to live! When we allow God to walk in us, we desire to see life and live life with him! 

By living in the tree of The Knowledge we can not or have a hard time seeing Christ because we can not see past what our mess up.

It is so clear in His Word!!  Christ walked this earth with open arms!  He said all who are weary come to me!  He didn't say - first you must do this and that before you can come to me!!  No!! He said come!!! 

Today I ask you to slowly allow God to show you how to live in the Tree of Life!