Mezuzahs & Prayer (Valerie Hubert)

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD, the LORD is one! you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.  And these words which I command you today shall be in your
heart. You shall teach them diligently to your kids, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, ...lie down, ... rise up. ... You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."  Deut. 6:4-9

"What is that thing they rub on the doorpost?"  A friend asked that question after talking about the Scriptures we were reading and then that question regarding The Chosen series we watch here at CCC on
Sunday mornings.

It reminded me of a conversation with an attorney at my very first law office job.  He was pounding something into the doorpost of his office.  Since I knew nothing of Jewish traditions, he explained that
what he had was called a mezuzah, a small vase which contained Scripture and when rolled correctly, the word "Shaddai" (one name for God) would appear and yes, placed crooked on the post . That Scripture
(usually the one above) was a blessing on the household. It let other Jews know that that house believed in our God too.  It is amazing to me how similar the above verse is to Matthew 28:18-20.  "As you are going, teach . . ."  Each of these Scriptures had another before it stating that God and Jesus have all authority.  And Jesus promised He would be with us always.  At the Last Supper He promised that the Holy Spirit would come to live in our hearts.  Not only the Word of God but God, Jesus and Spirit!  We are living breathing mezuzahs! And we can move anywhere.

I know, we all fall down but so did the disciples even as Jesus ascended to Heaven  One of my favorite verses is in 1 Peter 5:10. After warning us how to avoid Satan seeking to destroy us, the Apostle Peter wrote, "But may the God of all grace (and do we need it), WHO CALLED US TO HIS ETERNAL GLORY BY CHRIST, after you have suffered a while, will HIMSELF restore us (me) and make you strong, firm and steadfast."  In 1,000 years, God's Word did not change. Read the Scripture before and after these verses.  We belong to Him and because of people like you and me, with God, His Word has been relevant for 2,000 and more years.  Come join us in this time of prayer and seek God's Word and power in our lives and continue being living mezuzahs until He comes.