Scripture

“For the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath.”

Observation

Jesus and His disciples are walking through the fields on the Sabbath. As they are feeling hungry, some of them break off some heads of grain to eat them.

The Pharisees accuse the disciples of breaking the Law by harvesting on the Sabbath. Jesus points out that David broke the law on one occasion, and the priests break the law by ministering on the Sabbath. He goes on to say that God wants mercy not just sacrifices. The Son of Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.

Jesus goes on to heal a man with a deformed hand. The Pharisees start planning how to kill Him.

Application

To say that Jesus is Lord is to acknowledge that he is Lord over all things in our lives.

Jesus is Lord over even our religious ideas about how God should be worshipped.

There is always room to show love to someone, even at the risk of offending legalistic religious people .

We can sway between extremes of always ignoring needs that take us away from church or home group, or always looking for opportunities to skip church in favour of “doing good.”

In holding these things together, we really do acknowledge the lordship of Christ.

Prayer

Please help me Lord to always be faithful to you in every part of my life. Amen.