Healing Can't Wait!

The Sovereignty of God
The Sovereignty of God

The Mountain of God

Luke 14:1-6  The Message

14 ^1-3 One time when Jesus went for a Sabbath meal with one of the top leaders of the Pharisees, all the guests had their eyes on him, watching his every move. Right before him there was a man hugely swollen in his joints. So Jesus asked the religion scholars and Pharisees present, “Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath? Yes or no?”

^4-6 They were silent. So he took the man, healed him, and sent him on his way. Then he said, “Is there anyone here who, if a child or animal fell down a well, wouldn’t rush to pull him out immediately, not asking whether or not it was the Sabbath?” They were stumped. There was nothing they could say to that.

For Reflection

When people use the rules against others it is called malicious adherence to regulation.  No law ever written is capable of resolving all disputes in all circumstances.  Keep the Sabbath holy by doing holy work.  The Sabbath can also be a time of refreshment, renewal and re-creation.  Christ does not violate the law, he extends it.

Pray

that the work you do is holy, a witness to the resurrection into a new life in Christ.