February 23: Numbers 12-13; Psalm 90; Mark 2

Special Blessing for Me!

Scripture: Mark (NIV) 2:27 Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

Observation: Jesus’ disciples had been walking through a corn field on the Sabbath day, they picked some ears of corn and ate them, an act that was breaking the Jewish laws for Sabbath keeping. Jesus makes it clear that man was not created to observe the Sabbath, but the Sabbath was made to be a blessing to man. The Jewish religious leaders had made so many laws about what people should do in order to keep the law that they had become a great burden.

Application: The first Sabbath mentioned in the scriptures was the day after creation was finished and God rested. He rested not because He was tired, but because He was through. The Sabbath, a day of rest, was put into the Ten Commandments, according to Jesus, for my benefit. Becoming tired is natural. God provided for my tiredness; He made rest a necessary part of my day and my week.

Prayer: Lord, from the day you created man, you knew we would need to put aside those things that stress us and rest. Thank you for rest. Amen.

Pastor Leon

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