Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest." - Judges 17:13
As a kid, did you ever have a rabbit's foot? You know, a good-luck charm? Apparently, its origins are found in African hoodoo (think voodoo) and in order for it to work properly it must be the left hind appendage of a rabbit that was shot with a silver bullet in a cemetery on a rainy Friday when the moon was full.
Yeah, I think mine was white and attached to a keychain, which I guess that explains why it never worked!
As ridiculous as all that sounds (by the way, such things are still considered powerful in most animistic cultures today), nothing is more ridiculous than some of the religious "rabbit's feet" invading modern Christianity. These are the kind of "charms" that lead someone to believe that the Lord will be good to them, if they will just [choose any religious practice like pray, attend, read, go, etc.]. Like amulets, people often wear such actions as sure-fire protection against God's judgment or punishment. They feel that as long as they are "doing" such things, God will be good to them.
The problem with such religious "charms" is that they promote a life of fear that does not glorify God's grace. In Christ, be it a clear Monday or a moon-less, rabbit-less night, we may be assured of God's eternal protection. It is never earned, just received by faith. Anything else is plain old hoodoo.
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother. - Voltaire
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