Superstition may seem a harmless addition to our Christian lives, often fuelled by pragmatic reasons (‘don’t walk under a ladder because you might get drenched from the window cleaner’s water’, for example). But when we are superstitious, we are actually ascribing to something else the power that only belongs to God.
Some Christians are content to live with this duality, but in Leviticus 19, the ‘holiness chapter’ in the Old Testament which points to the absolute purity of God and the implications this has for us all, we are warned against superstition which involves the occult. Lev 19:31 warns us against reading horoscopes (do we really believe the stars guide our paths or our loving heavenly Father?), consulting psychics, fortune-telling, palm reading, tarot cards and every other kind of occult activity. The only way to live a holy life which pleases God is to get rid of these things (Acts 19:19) and repent, asking God to forgive us and enable us to trust Him alone.
Superstition can often worm its ways into our lives in other forms, however. Anything which keeps our attention on foolish things rather than on Christ needs to go. He deserves our whole-hearted commitment and undivided devotion.