SUPERSTITION VS FAITH

I would say that superstition is pretty much the opposite of faith or the imposter of faith. Superstition is usually born out of fear whereas faith comes from God. Faith is a gift from God. Like salvation, you can’t earn it. However, it grows, like a muscle, the more you use it.

Superstition is what people have who worship false “gods”. Often, the reasons they give for worshipping their false god is, “This is what we have always done in our family.” or “This is what my grandmother taught me.” or some such thing. In other words, their superstition in this belief is passed down from generation to generation! Isn’t that a clever trick of the devil!

Family is a strong, binding chain to superstition. The devil knows this and uses it to his advantage. We humans love our parents. Of course we do! We are totally dependent on them (or sudo parents) for the first decade or more of our lives!

And, who on earth would believe that their mother would tell them anything wrong? Whose mother is going to tell them to do something that’s really, really bad for them that could possibly send them to hell?

Right?

Not my mom! She LOVES me!

I’m not blaming it all on the moms. They passed on something they thought was good. Why? Because they are superstitious. They are afraid that if they don’t follow the tradition handed down to them, they will upset “god” and he may do something nasty, like withhold money from the family!

The devil likes to grab families by the money bags. Money is your entire subsistence, your means of survival! Money is the most important thing, right? You slave for it every day. You give your life for it so that you can put food on the table. In fact, don’t we worship money? --At least, to a certain extent?

You wanted the truth, didn’t you? Isn’t that why you’re reading this blog? If it’s too much for you, I understand. Years, thousands of years of tradition, blown up in one sentence. How can you take it?

The bottom line is, we need money to live. That’s how this planet is set up. There’s no getting away from it. Is there?   

As usual, the Bible has the answer. This is how Jesus looked at it: (I took the liberty of changing ‘th’ to ‘s’ so that those who have a tough time with old English will have an easier time.)

Luke 12:22 – 34 “And He said unto His disciples, ‘Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body what ye shall put on.  

(Take no thought? Well, at least don’t think fearfully or worriedly about it or even wonder where your next dollar is coming from. You can pray. He didn’t say you couldn’t pray about it. But, still, it should be the prayer of faith, not of doubt. And if you can get to the point where you don’t even think about what, where, how or when you’re going to eat or what you’re going to wear, all the better! It can be done!)

23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. (If you think about it, our body is a miracle machine. All we have to do is put food into our pie holes to keep it running.)

24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them: how much more are you better than the fowls?

25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If you then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? (God is in control of our lives, whether we want to believe it or not and if you don’t believe it, some day, you will find out the hard way that it’s true.)

27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will He clothe you, O ye of little faith?

29 And seek not ye what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, neither be you of doubtful mind.

30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knows that you have need of these things.

31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Put God first. Put God’s people first and their needs.)

32 Fear not little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (We have a generous God Who loves to take care of us and even spoil us! I speak from experience.)

33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches, neither moth corrupts. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

It takes faith to break the chain of family superstition! But YOU CAN DO IT, with God’s help.