Title: Something New?/ Topic: Judgmentalism

Today’s Reading: Esther 9; Esther 10; Luke 19

Scripture: Luke 19:35
35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.

Observation: "...people spread their cloaks on the road." Hmmm. Sounds radical. Way out there. That had never been done before! And it wasn't prophesied about like the palm branches were (mentioned in another gospel account of the same story). It's unconventional. Why didn't Jesus stop this new, unconventional worship that had no basis or foundation in the Word of God? It was not a kind of worship prescribed by God! How dare they!

Application: Worship that comes from the heart is apparently accepted by God even if it's new, unconventional and not in the canon of scripture! So, I need to be very careful before judging anything "new" and putting down anyone who engages in it. I don't know everything. I have judged "new" things in the Body of Christ before as being too radical or ridiculous. I need to be very careful about such things. God has more tolerance than I.

Prayer: Father, keep from my self-righteous judgmentalism. Keep me focused on my own walk with you and how I'm doing and not focused on what others are doing. It's to you that they must answer and not to me.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.