Thursday 25 February, 2016

6 One sabbath while Jesus was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful[c] on the sabbath?” 3 Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and gave some to his companions?” 5 Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”

Jesus, and his disciples, the good guys, getting about changing people’s lives, are taken to task over a handful of grains of wheat! According to the letter of the law as described in the scriptures, their accusers are in the position of strength – they are correct. So how does Jesus deal with them – He takes them back to the basis of their accusations – the scriptures and says [paraphrased] , “Don’t you remember the part where it says how David did the same thing?….The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath – not the other way around!”

I need to ask: Who is accusing me and what is my response? I want my response to be: “Jesus – the son of Man, is the Lord (the boss) of me – I answer to Him. It’s easy for me to get caught up in what I’m supposed to do or what I’m expected to do, but really – what does Jesus want me to do? That’s the question I need to make sure I answer. Lord help me to hear you speaking so I follow you, not rules.

Written by Ps. Linda Quinn